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ESS Faculty Scholarly Activity Page :

          Hansen, Gary



Recent Publications and Manuscripts in Press

Include all your publications from the last 3 years, plus manuscripts in press.
( use full bibliographic format, including range of pages, type of publication, and if peer reviewed.)


Brown, R. M., et al. (2006), Observations in the Saturn system during approach
and orbital insertion, with Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer
(VIMS), Astronomy and Astrophysics, 446, 707

McCord, T. B., G. B. Hansen, B. J. Buratti, et al. (2006), Composition of
Titan's surface from Cassini VIMS, Planet. Space Sci., 54, 1524-1539, doi:
10.1016/j.pss.2006.06.007.

Spencer, J. R., W. M. Grundy, C. Dumas, R. W. Carlson, T. B. McCord,
G. B. Hansen, and R. J. Terrile (2006), The nature of Europa's dark non-ice
surface material: spatially-resolved high spectral resolution spectroscopy
from the Keck telescope, Icarus, 182, 202-210, doi:
10.1016/j.icarus.2005.12.024.

Filacchione, G., F., et al. (2007), Saturn's icy satellites investigated by
Cassini-VIMS, Icarus, 186, 259-290, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.001.

Giuranna, M., G. Hansen, V. Formisano, L. Zasova, A. Maturilli, D. Grassi
and N. Ignatiev (2007), Spatial variability, composition and thickness of
the seasonal north polar cap of Mars in mid-spring, Planet. Space Sci., 55,
1328-1345, doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.12.005.

McCord, T. B., J. B. Adams, G. Bellucci, J.-P. Combe, A. R. Gillespie,
G. Hansen, H. Hoffman, R. Jaumann, G. Neukum, P. Pinet, K. Stephan (2007),
and the HRSC Spectrophotometric Working group, and the HRSC Co-I Team,
The Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera spectrophotometric data:
Characteristics and science analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 112, E06004, doi:
10.1029/2006JE002769.

Bonev, B. P., G. B. Hansen, D. A. Glenar, P. B. James, and J. E. Bjorkman
(2008), Albedo models for the residual south polar cap on Mars: Implications
for the stability of the cap under near-perihelion global dust storm
conditions, Planet. Space Sci., 56, 181-193, doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.08.003.

Coradini, A., et al. (2008), Identification of spectral units on Phoebe,
Icarus, 193, 233-251, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.07.023.

Hansen, G. B., and T. B. McCord (2008), Widespread CO2 and other non-ice
compounds on the anti-Jovian and trailing sides of Europa from Galileo/NIMS
observations, submitted to Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L01202, doi:
10.1029/2007GL031748.

Jaumann, R., K. Stephan, G. B. Hansen, et al. (2008), Distribution of icy
particles across Enceladus' surface as derived from Cassini-VIMS measurements,
Icarus, 193, 407-419, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.09.013.

McCord, T. B., P. Hayne, J.-P. Combe, G. B. Hansen, J. W. Barnes,
S. Rodriguez, S. Le Mouelic, K. H. Baines, B. J. Buratti, C. Sotin, P. D.
Nicholson, R. Jaumann, R. M. Nelson, and The Cassini Vims Team (2008),
Titan's surface: Search for spectral diversity and composition using the
Cassini VIMS investigation, Icarus, 194, 212-242, doi:
10.1016/j.icarus.2007.08.039.

Nicholson, P. D., M. M. Hedman, R. N. Clark, M. R. Showalter, D. P.
Cruikshank, J. N. Cuzzi, G. Filacchione, F. Capaccioni, P. Cerroni, G. B.
Hansen, B. Sicardy, P. Drossart, R. H. Brown, B. J. Buratti, K. Baines,
and A. Coradini (2008), A close look at Saturn's rings with Cassini VIMS,
Icarus, 193, 182-212, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.08.036.



Areas of Research Expertise/Interest

To update ESS Faculty List and Department Website
(e.g. Glacial Geomorphology, Remote Sensing)


Radiative transfer in planetary atmospheres and surfaces. Analysis of remotely
sensed spectral radiation measurements and calibration of radiation measuring
instruments. Measurement and analysis of optical and spectral properties of
materials of interest to remote sensing studies.



Professional Talks and Presentations

{   Date   Organization   Event   Invited/Contributed(I/C)   Type   Title   }


Workshop on Ices, Oceans, and Fire, August 2007, Boulder, CO
Talk:
Hansen, G. B., Widespread CO2 and other non-ice compounds on the anti-Jovian
   and trailing sides of Europa from Galileo/NIMS observations
Poster:
Hansen, G. B., Progress on rectifying and recalibrating Galileo/NIMS
   observations the icy Galilean satellites

Division of Planetary Sciences Annual Meeting, October 2007, Orlando, FL
Talk:
Hibbitts, C. A., and G. B. Hansen, The Other Non-ice Material On Ganymede:
   Dark Ray Ejecta
Posters:
Hansen, G. B., Water Ice and the Spectrum of Non-ice Materials on the
   Saturnian Satellites
Combe, J.-P., T. B. McCord, P. Hayne, and G. B. Hansen, Titan's Surface
   Composition Investigated by Spectral Mixture Analysis of VIMS/Cassini Data
Hayne, P., T. B. McCord, J.-P. Combe, and G. B. Hansen, Constraints on
   Titan's surface composition from 5-m Cassini/VIMS observations
McCord, T. B., J.-P. Combe, P. Hayne, G. B. Hansen, CO2 on Titan's surface

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, December 2007, San Francisco, CA
Talk:
Carlson, R. W., W. Calvin, J. B. Dalton, G. B. Hansen, R. Hudson,
   R. E. Johnson, T. B. McCord, M. H. Moore, Europa's surface composition:
   What we know, what we would like to know, and how we can find out
Posters:
Hansen, G. B., and T. B. McCord, CO2, SO, hydrates, and other constituents
   on the trailing and anti-Jovian hemispheres of Europa from reprocessed
   Galileo/NIMS measurements
McCord, T. B., P. Hayne, J.-P. Combe, G. B. Hansen, The case for CO2 on
   Titan from the VIMS reflectance spectra

Lunar and Planetary Science Annual Conference, March 2008, Houston, TX
Talk:
Hayne, P., T. B. McCord, J.-Ph. Combe, J. W. Barnes, and G. B. Hansen,
   Titan: Observational Constraints on Cryovolcanism
Posters:
Hansen, G. B., The Comparison of Single-scattering Albedos from Mie
   Calculations with Hapke Estimates
Stephan, K., et al., Relationships of Dione's spectral properties to
   geological surface units



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Scholarly Activity Page   In the News   Items

( Brief text summaries of your news events. URL's encouraged.)


Hansen and McCord discovered CO2 on Europa concentrated to regions thought to
related to the interior ocean from reprocessed Galileo data. This is mentioned
in the following article based on the Press Conference at the Fall AGU meeting


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071213180823.htm


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