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Thomas Farr

Education
  • B.S., Geology, California Institute of Technology (1974)
  • M.S., Geology, California Institute of Technology (1976)
  • Ph.D., Geology, University of Washington (1981)
Research Interests
  • Processes of weathering and erosion of geologic surfaces and how they affect remote sensing and digital topographic data on Earth and Mars
  • Application of remote sensing techniques to understanding of tectonically active mountain ranges and past climate changes
  • Development and use of terrestrial analogs to Mars
Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1975 - present)
    • Deputy Project Scientist, SRTM (1997-2006)
    • Supervisor, Radar Sciences Group, (1990-1992)
    • Research Scientist, Science Division, JPL (1981-present)
  • Engineering Geologist, Moore & Taber, Sacramento, CA (1974-1975)
Selected Awards
  • NASA Group Achievement Award: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, 2001.
  • Election to the Academic Committee of the Laboratory for Remote Sensing Information Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1995.
  • NASA Group Achievement Award: Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) Mission Operations, 1995.
  • JPL Group Achievement Award: Development and Operation of Public Information Interface for SIR-C, 1995.
  • 1994 Aerospace Laurel Citation by Aviation Week and Space Technology; to science and mission operations teams for SIR-C/X-SAR mission.
  • NASA Group Achievement Award: Application of Shuttle Imaging Radar-B (SIR-B) Data to Earth Science, 1990.
  • Membership in the IEEE Electromagnetics Institute, 1990.
  • Visiting Scholar, National Academy of Sciences, Committee for Scholarly Exchange with the People's Republic of China, 1988.
Selected Publications
  1. Farr, T.G., E. Caro, R. Crippen, R. Duren, S. Hensley, M. Kobrick, M. Paller, E. Rodriguez, P. Rosen, L. Roth, D. Seal, S. Shaffer, J. Shimada, J. Umland, M. Werner, M. Oskin, D. Burbank, D. Alsdorf, 2007, The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, v. 45, Reviews of Geophysics, doi: 1029/2005RG000183.
  2. Farr, T.G., 2004, Terrestrial analogs to Mars: The NRC community decadal report, Planetary and Space Science, v. 52, p. 3-10.
  3. Paillou, Ph., A. Rosenqvist, J-M. Malezieux, B. Reynard, T. Farr, E. Heggy, 2003, Discovery of a double impact crater in Libya: The astrobleme of Arkenu, C.R. Geosci., v. 335, p. 1059-1069.
  4. Kirkland, L. M. Sykes, T. Farr, J. Adams, D. Blaney, 2003, Workshop report: Visible-infrared spectroscopy of Mars: Laboratory and field community data sets, Amer. Geophys. Union Eos, v. 84. p. 148, 153.
  5. Farr, T.G., J.C. Dohrenwend, 2004, New satellite data and processing techniques for the field geologist, 1-day Workshop, GSA Cordilleran Section meeting, Boise, ID.
  6. Paillou, P., T.G. Farr, E. Heggy, A. Rosenqvist, 2004, Eastern Sahara geology from orbital radar: Potential analog to Mars, abs., 35th Lunar and Planetary Sci. Conf. Houston, TX.
  7. Farr, T.G., W. Krabill, J.B. Garvin, 2004, High resolution digital elevation models of pristine explosion craters, abs., 35th Lunar and Planetary Sci. Conf., Houston, TX.
  8. Farr, T.G., M. Kobrick, 2004, The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, abs., 5th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, Ulm, Germany.
  9. Farr, T.G., M. Kobrick, 2004, The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, abs., ISPRS, Istanbul, Turkey.
  10. Farr, T.G., J. Plaut, 2003, Applications of Planetary Radars, special session, AGU, San Francisco.
  11. Farr, T.G., 2003, Low-Frequency Imaging Radar for Subsurface Geologic Studies in Arid Regions, invited abs., PIERS, Honolulu.
  12. Farr, T.G., 2003, Seasat and the early days of radar geology, abs., IGARSS, Toulouse, France.
  13. Farr, T.G., 2003, Terrestrial Analogs to Mars: NRC Community Panel Report and Next Steps, abs., Workshop on Analog Sites and Facilities for the Human Exploration of the Moon and Mars, Golden CO.
  14. Farr, T.G., M. Kobrick, 2003, The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission: Introduction to the Special Session, abs., Amer. Geophys. Union/ European Geophys. Soc., Nice, France.
  15. Farr, T.G., et al., 2002, Terrestrial Analogs to Mars, p. 35-76 in The Future of Solar System Exploration, 2003-2013 (M. Sykes, Ed.), Astron. Soc. Pacific Conf. Series Vol. 272, 412 pp.
  16. Shepard, M.K., B.A. Campbell, M.H. Bulmer, T.G. Farr, L.R. Gaddis, J.J. Plaut, 2002, The roughness of natural terrain: A planetary and remote sensing perspective, J. Geophys. Res., v. 106, p. 32,777-32,795.
  17. Farr, T.G., 2001, Imaging radar in the Mojave Desert - Death Valley region, abs., Workshop on the Martian Highlands and Mojave Desert analogs, Barstow, CA.
  18. Farr, T.G., D.W. Beaty, P. Gogineni, J. Grant, R. Grimm, C. Leuschen, G.R. Olhoeft, A. Safaeinili, J. Garvin, D. McCleese, 2001, Surface EM Experiments for Mars 2007, unpub. rept. to Mars Exploration Program Assessment Group, 11 pp.
  19. Ford, J.P., R.G. Blom, J.L. Coleman, T.G. Farr, J.J. Plaut, H.A. Pohn, F.F. Sabins, 1998, Radar Geology, Ch. 10, p. 511-565, in Henderson, F.M., A.J. Lewis, Principles and Applications of Imaging Radar, Wiley, NY, 866 pp.
  20. Guo, H., V. Singhroy, T.G. Farr, eds., 1997, New Technology for Geosciences, Vol. 10, Proc. 30th International Geol. Congress, Beijing, China, VSP, Netherlands, 250 pp.
  21. Guo, H., Liao, J., Wang, C., Wang, C., Farr, T.G., Evans, D.L., 1997, Use of multifrequency, multipolarization Shuttle Imaging Radar for volcano mapping in the Kunlun Mountains of western China, Rem. Sens. Env., v. 59, p. 364-374.
  22. Farr, T.G., O.A. Chadwick, 1996, Geomorphic processes and remote sensing signatures of alluvial fans in the Kun Lun Mountains, China, J. Geophys. Research, v. 101, p. 23,091-23,100.

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