Dr. Stephen E. Wood

Research Interests

Publications

(Contact me, swood [at] psi.edu, for copies of any of the following publications)

Wood, S. E. (2020). A mechanistic model for the thermal conductivity of planetary regolith: 1. The effects of particle shape, composition, cohesion, and compression at depth. Icarus, 352, 113964.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113964

Igbinosun, O., A. P. Bruckner, and S. E. Wood (2018). EXPRESS: In situ measurements of water content for sub-surface planetary applications using near-infrared internal reflection spectroscopy (IRS) with a multimode optical fiber. Appl. Spectrosc. 2018 Jan 1:3702818781868. doi: 10.1177/0003702818781868.

Bierson, C. J., R. J. Phillips, I. B. Smith, S. E. Wood, N. E. Putzig, D. Nunes, and S. Byrne (2016). Stratigraphy and evolution of the buried CO₂ deposit in the Martian south polar cap. Geophys. Res. Letters, 43, 4172-4179, doi: 10.1002/2016GL068457.

Zent, A. P., M. H. Hecht, T. L. Hudson, S. E. Wood, and V. F. Chevrier (2016). A revised calibration function and results for the Phoenix mission TECP relative humidity sensor. J. Geophys. Res.: Planets, 121, doi:10.1002/2015JE004933.

Bapst, J., J. L. Bandfield, and S. E. Wood (2015). Hemispheric asymmetry in Martian seasonal surface water ice from MGS TES. Icarus, 260, 396-408, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.07.025.

Igbinosun, O. J., S. E. Wood, and A.P. Bruckner (2013). Interfacial water as a Mars ISRU objective:  Detection of microscopic water using fiber optic sensors. 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Mtg., Grapevine, TX, Jan. 7-10, 2013, Paper AIAA 2013-0437, pp. 1-7.

Sefton-Nash, E., D. C. Catling, S. E. Wood, P. M. Grindrod, and N. A. Teanby (2012). Topographic, spectral and thermal inertia analysis of interior layered deposits in Iani Chaos, Mars. Icarus, 221, 20-43.

Zent, A. P., T. L. Hudson, M. H. Hecht, D. Cobos, and S. E. Wood (2010). Initial results of the thermal and electrical conductivity probe (TECP) on Phoenix. J. Geophys. Res.: Planets, 115, E00E14, doi:10.1029/2009JE003420.

Whiteway, J. A., L. Komguem, C. Dickinson, C. Cook, M. Illnicki, J. Seabrook, V. Popovici, T. J. Duck, R. Davy, P. A. Taylor, J. Pathak, D. Fisher, A. I. Carswell, M. Daly, V. Hipkin, A. P. Zent, T. L. Hudson, M. H. Hecht, S. E. Wood, L. K. Tamppari, N. Renno, J. E. Moores, M. T. Lemmon, F. Daerden, P. H. Smith (2009). Mars water-ice clouds and precipitation. Science, 325, 68-70.

Zent, A. P., M. Hecht, D. Cobos, G. Cardell, M. C. Foote, S. E. Wood, and M. Mehta (2009). The Thermal and Electrical Conductivity Probe (TECP) for Phoenix. J. Geophys. Res.: Planets, 114, E00A27, doi:10.1029/2007JE00305.

Kargel, J. S., R. Furfaro, O. Preito-Ballesteros, J. Alexis, P. Rodriguez, D. R. Montgomery, A. R. Gillespie, G. M. Marion, and S. E. Wood (2007). Martian hydrogeology sustained by thermally insulating gas and salt hydrates. Geology, 35, 975-978.

Catling, D. C., S. E. Wood, C. B. Leovy, D. R. Montgomery, H. Greenberg, C. R. Glein, and J. M. Moore (2006). Light-toned layered deposits in Juventae Chasma, Mars. Icarus, 181, 26-51.

Wood, S. E., B. D. Swanson, and M. B. Baker (2002). Instrument for studies of homogeneous and heterogeneous ice nucleation in free-falling supercooled water droplets. Reviews of Scientific Instruments 73 (11), 3988-3996.

Wood, S. E., M. B. Baker, and D. Calhoun (2001). New model for the vapor growth of hexagonal ice crystals in the atmosphere. J. Geophys. Res.: Atmospheres, 106, 4845-4870.

Clifford, S. M., et al. (incl. S. E. Wood), (2000). The state and future of Mars polar science and exploration. Icarus 144, 210-242, doi:10.1006/icar.1999.6290.

Vasavada, A. R., D. A. Paige, and S. E. Wood (1999). Near-surface temperatures on Mercury and the Moon and the stability of polar ice deposits. Icarus 141, 179-193.

Paige, D. A. and S. E. Wood (1992). Modeling the Martian seasonal CO₂ cycle 2: Interannual variability. Icarus, 99, 15-27.

Wood, S. E. and D. A. Paige (1992). Modeling the Martian seasonal CO₂ cycle 1: Fitting the Viking Lander pressure curves. Icarus, 99, 1-14.

Paige, D. A., S. E. Wood, and A. R. Vasavada (1992). The thermal stability of water ice at the poles of Mercury. Science, 258, 643-646.

Ph.D. Thesis:

Wood, S. E. (1999). Nucleation and growth of CO₂ ice crystals in the Martian atmosphere. Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles. (UMI No. 9926317)