Are Io’s Volcanoes Controlled by Tidal Forces?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Solar System Workings Program
Subcontract to PSI from Jet Propulsion Laboratory
PI: Ashley Davies (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Project Description
Dr. Alex Patthoff will lead the tidal stress modeling using SatStressGUI and will generate the stress maps and animations for both the local and global scales. He requests 0.15 FTE of funding per year primarily for these tasks. He will deliver the stress field products to Co-I de Kleer and her graduate student for Task 3 in Year 3. Co-I Patthoff also plays a role in the database design, and in writing papers.
