Projects
The projects that PIRL staff and students are presently
involved in include:
- Volcanic and tectonic studies of Io
- Volcanic studies of Mars
- Research on Martian fluvial processes
- Mars Global Surveyor Mars Observer Camera (MOC) data analysis.
- Data analysis for the Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS).
- Data analysis for the HiRISE instrument on the Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter
In the past, projects have included:
- Galileo spacecraft Solid State Imager (SSI) data analysis.
- Digital cartography for the Galileo and Clementine space missions.
- Determining the Ages of Impact Events: Multidisciplinary Studies
Using Remote Sensing and Sample Analysis Techniques, J. Grier.
- Voyager and Galileo SSI views of volcanic resurfacing of Io and
the search for geologic activity on Europa, C. Phillips.
- Geologic investigations of the Venusian surface using Magellan
radar imagery, altimetry, and radiometry, J. Johnson.
- Space Grant Biosphere project
Lunar &
Planetary Lab