Richmond is continuing to work with the Lunar Prospector magnetometer data. Recent re-processing of the data has yielded results that Richmond is using to:
(1) Map the global field at different altitutes, to study the origin and distribution of crustal magnetic anomalies
(2) Model source properties, to estimate directions of magnetization. The key goal of that work is to determine whether the moon ever had a core dynamo field
(3) Study the way in which the crustal magnetic anomalies interact with the incident solar wind. This has applications to possible magnetic shielding of the lunar regolith, improved understanding of space weathering processes, and understanding the association between albedo and magnetization.
Blewett, D. T., B. R. Hawke, N. C. Richmond and C. G. Hughes (2007). A magnetic anomaly associated with an albedo feature near Airy crater in the lunar nearside highlands. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L24206, doi:10.1029/2007GL031670.
Hood, L. L., N. C. Richmond, K. P. Harrison and R. J. Lillis (2007). East-west trending magnetic anomalies in the southern hemisphere of Mars: Modeling and Interpretation. Icarus, 191, 113-131.
Richmond, N. C., L. L. Hood and D. T. Blewett (2007). A new analysis of the Lunar Prospector magnetometer data: Application to the study of Reiner Gamma-type swirls. LPSC XXXVIII.
Richmond, N. C. and J. W. Van Wijk (2007). A meeting for young scientists in Earth and planetary sciences: Solar system magmatism. LPSC XXXVIII.
Blewett, D. T., C. G. Hughes, B. R. Hawke, and N. C. Richmond (2007). Varieties of lunar swirls. LPSC XXXVIII.
Hood, L. L., N. C. Richmond and K. Harrison (2007). Magnetic anomalies in the Terra Cimmeria / Sirenum region of Mars: A magnetization model and possible sources. LPSC XXXVIII.
Richmond, N. C. and L. L. Hood (2007). Global map of the lunar crustal magnetic field at constant altitude using Lunar Prospector magnetometer data. LPLC 10.
Richmond, N. C. and L. L. Hood (2007). Isolated lunar magnetic anomalies: Relation to surface albedo and interaction with the solar wind. AGU Fall Meeting.