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Curriculum Vitae:

Rosaly Lopes
Group Supervisor/Senior Research Scientist

Education
  • B.Sc. (Hons) in Astronomy, University College (University of London, UK) - 1978
  • Ph.D. in Planetary Science, University College (University of London, UK) - 1986
Research Interests
Use of remote sensing data collected from spacecraft to further develop theoretical models of surface processes, in close collaboration with instrument investigations. Recent research efforts have been directed towards:
  • Analysis of Io's infrared spectra obtained by Galileo's Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) and
  • Analysis of geologic features on Titan using the Cassini Radar Mapper, with particular emphasis on cryovolcanic features.
Projects

Cassini-Huygens Icon Cassini-Huygens
The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft is currently exploring the ringed planet, its mysterious moons, the stunning rings and its complex magnetic environment.

New Horizons Icon New Horizons
New Horizons is the first mission in NASA's New Frontiers program of medium-class planetary missions. It will be the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and its moon Charon.

Selected Awards
  • Wings WorldQuest: Women of Discovery Award, (2009)
  • NASA Exceptional Service Award (2007)
  • Girl Scouts of America WINGS (Women Inspiring Next Generations) Award, (2007)
  • Fellow - American Association for the Advancement of Science (2007)
  • Women at Work Medal of Excellence (2006)
  • Carl Sagan Medal - from the American Astronomical Society, Division for Planetary Sciences (2005)
  • JPL Exceptional Technical Excellence, Galileo Science Planning and Operations Team (2002)
  • GEMS Woman of the Year in Science and Technology - from GEMS Television, Miami (1997)
  • Latinas in Science Award - From the Comision Feminil Mexicana Nacional (1990)
  • NASA Group Acievement Awards
    • Galileo Gaspra Encounter Team (1993)
    • Project Galileo Team (1996)
    • Galileo Ida Encounter/Dactyl Discovery Team (1995)
    • Galileo Orbital Operations Recovery Team (1997)
    • Galileo Project Team (1998)
    • Galileo Orbital Operations Recovery Team (2000)
    • Galileo Millenium Mission Operations Team (2003)
Selected Publications
Books
  • Lopes, R. The Volcano Adventure Guide. Cambridge University Press (December 2004).
  • Lopes, R. and T.K. Gregg (Eds) Volcanic Worlds: Exploring the Solar System Volcanoes. Praxis Publishing Company (Springer-Verlag, September 2004).
  • Lopes, R. and J.R. Spencer (Eds) Io After Galileo. Praxis Publishing Company (Springer-Verlag), October 2006.
  • Lopes, R. and M. Carroll: Alien Volcanoes. Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke. John Hopkins University Press, 2008. Popular-level book about volcanoes on Earth and in the Solar System.
  • Lopes, R. Volcanoes. OneWorld Publications, Oxford, England. In press. Undergraduate-level book about volcanism on Earth and the solar system.

Papers, Book Chapters, and Encyclopedia Articles
  1. Lopes, R.M.C., E.R. Stofan, R. Peckyno, J. Radebaugh, K.L. Mitchell, G. Mitri, C. A. Wood, R.L. Kirk, S.D. Wall, J. I. Lunine , A. Hayes , R. Lorenz, T. Farr, L. Wye, J. Craig, R.J. Ollerenshaw, M. Janssen, A. LeGall, F. Paganelli, R. West, B. Stiles, P. Callahan, Y. Anderson, P. Valora, L. Soderblom, and the Cassini RADAR Team. Distribution and Interplay of Geologic Processes on Titan from Cassini RADAR Data. Submitted to Icarus.
  2. J. Radebaugh, R.D. Lorenz, S.D. Wall, R.L. Kirk, C.A. Wood, J.I. Lunine, E.R. Stofan, R.M.C. Lopes, P. Valora, T.G. Farr, A. Hayes, B. Stiles, G. Mitri, H. Zebker, M. Janssen, L. Wye, A. LeGall, K.L. Mitchell, F. Paganelli and the Cassini Radar Team. Regional geomorphology and history of Titan’s Xanadu province. Submitted to Icarus.
  3. Wood, C.A., R. Lorenz, R. Kirk, R. Lopes, K. Mitchell, E. Stofan. Impact Craters on Titan. Submitted to Icarus.
  4. Kirk, R.L., E. Howington-Kraus, B.L. Redding, T.L. Becker, E.M. Lee, B.W. Stiles, S. Hensley, A.G. Hayes, R.M.C. Lopes, R.D. Lorenz, K.L. Mitchell, J. Radebaugh, F. Paganelli, L.A. Soderblom, E.R. Stofan, C.A. Wood, S.D. Wall, and the Cassini RADAR Team. High Resolution Topographic Models of Titan’s Surface Derived by Radar Stereogrammetry with a Rigorous Sensor Model. Submitted to Icarus.
  5. Mitri, G., M.T. Bland, A.P. Showman, J. Radebaugh, R.M.C. Lopes, J. Lunine, R.T. Pappalardo, and the Cassini RADAR Team. Mountains on Titan. Submitted to Nature Geosciences .
  6. Radebaugh, J., R. D. Lorenz, S. D. Wall, R. L. Kirk, C. A. Wood, J. I. Lunine, E. R. Stofan, R. M. C. Lopes, P. Valora, T. G. Farr, A. G. Hayes, B. Stiles, G. Mitri, H. Zebker, M. Janssen, L. Wye, A. LeGall, K. L. Mitchell and the Cassini Radar Team. Regional geomorphology and history of Titan’s Xanadu province. Submitted to Icarus.
  7. Lopes, R.M.C., Mitchell, K.L., Williams, D.A., and Mitri, G.: Beyond Earth: How extra-terrestrial volcanism has changed our definition of a volcano. In: "What's a volcano? New answers to an old question". Geological Society of America Special Publication (Eds. E. Canon and A. Szakacs). In press.
  8. Nelson, R.M., Kamp. L.W., Lopes, R.M.C. , Matson, D.L., Kirk, R.L., Hapke, B.W., Wall, S.D., Boryta, M.D., Leader, F.E., Smythe, W.D., Mitchell, K.L., Baines, K.H., Jaumann, R., Sotin, C., Clark, R.N., Cruikshank, D.P., Drossart, P., Lunine, J.I., Combes, M., Bellucci, G., Bibring, J-P., Capaccioni, F., Cerroni, P., Coradini, A., Formisano, V., Filacchione, G., Langevin, Y., McCord, T.B., Mennella, V., Nicholson, P.D., Sicardy, B., Irwin, P.G.J. (2008). Photometric Changes on Saturn’s Moon Titan: Evidence for Cryovolcanism. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L04202, doi:10.1029/2008GL036206.
  9. Mitchell, K.L., E. Stofan, J. Radebaugh, P. Paillou, A. Hayes, J.I. Lunine, R.D. Lorenz, B.W. Stiles, R.M. Lopes, S.D. Wall, B. Ventura, C. Notarnicola, D. Caserano, G. Mitri, M. Janssen, T.G. Farr, and S.J. Ostro. Titan’s north polar lake district: Insights from the Cassini Titan Radar Mapper. Submitted to Icarus.
  10. Wall, S.D., R.M. Lopes, E.R. Stofan, C.A. Wood, J. L. Radebaugh, B. W. Stiles, R.M. Nelson, L.W. Kamp, M. A. Janssen, R.L. Lorenz, J.I. Lunine, T.G. Farr, G. Mitri, P. Paillou, F. Paganelli, and K.L. Mitchell (2009). Cassini RADAR Images at Hotei Arcus and Western Xanadu, Titan: Evidence for recent cryovolcanic activity. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L04203, doi:1029/2008GL036415.
  11. M.A. Janssen, R.D. Lorenz, R. West, F. Paganelli, R. M. Lopes, R.L. Kirk, C. Elachi, S.D. Wall, W.T.K. Johnson, Y. Anderson, R.A. Boehmer, P. Callahan, Y. Gim, L. Roth, B. Stiles, and the Cassini Radar Team (2009). Titan’s Surface at 2.2-cm Wavelength Imaged by the Cassini RADAR Radiometer: Calibration and first results. Icarus, 200, 222-239, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2008.10.017.
  12. Jaumann, R., Kirk, R., Lorenz, R., Lopes, R. , E. Stofan, Uwe Keller, H., Wood, C., Turtle, E., Sotin, C., Soderblom, L.A., and Tomasko, M. (2008): Geology and Surface Processes on Titan. In: Titan after Cassini-Huygens (Eds R. Brown, Michele Dougherty, Larry Esposito, Tom Krimigis, Jean-Pierre Lebreton and Hunter Waite), in press.
  13. Radebaugh, J., R. Lorenz, J. Lunine, S. Wall, G. Boubin, E. Reffet, R. Kirk, R. Lopes, E. Stofan, L. Soderblom, M. Allison, M. Janssen, P. Paillou, and the Cassini RADAR Team (2008). Dunes on Titan Observed by Cassini RADAR. Icarus, 194, 690-703, doi:10.1016/ j.icarus.2007.10.015.
  14. Paganelli, F., M.A. Janssen, R.M. Lopes, E. Stofan, S.D. Wall, R.D. Lorenz, J.I. Lunine, R.L. Kirk, L. Roth, C. Elachi, and the Cassini RADAR Team (2008). Titan’s surface from the Cassini RADAR radiometry during SAR mode. Planetary and Space Science, Issue EGU 2006, 56, 100-108, doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.071.
  15. Lopes, R., K.L. Mitchell, S.D. Wall, G. Mitri, M. Janssen, S. Ostro, R. L. Kirk, A.G. Hayes, E.R. Stofan, J.I. Lunine, R.D. Lorenz, C. Wood, J. Radebaugh, P. Paillou, H. Zebker, F. Paganelli and the Cassini RADAR Team (2008). The Lakes and Seas of Titan. Eos, vol 88, no. 51, 569-576.
  16. Lopes, R.M.C., B.J. Buratti, and A. R. Hendrix (2008). The Saturn System's Icy Satellites: New results from Cassini. Icarus, 193, 305-308.
  17. Hayes, A., O. Aharonson, K. Lewis, K. Mitchell, R. Lorenz, P. Callahan, J. Lunine, R. Lopes, S. Wall, C. Elachi, and the Cassini RADAR Team (2008). Hydrocarbon lakes on Titan: Distribution and interaction with an isotropic porous regolith. Geophys. Res. Lett. vol. 35, L09204, doi:10.1029/2008GRL033409.
  18. Coustenis, A., and 156 authors including R.M. Lopes (2009): TandEM: Titan and Enceladus Mission. Experimental Astronomy vol. 23, issue 3, pp. 893-946, DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9103.
  19. Paillou, P., K. Mitchell, S. Wall, C. Wood, R. Lorenz, G. Ruffié, R. Lopes, Pierre Encrenaz (2008): Microwave dielectric constant of liquid hydrocarbons: Application to the depth estimation of Titan's lakes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L05202, doi:10.1029/2007GL032515.
  20. Lorenz, R.D., K. L. Mitchell, R.L. Kirk, A.G. Hayes, H.A. Zebker, P. Paillou, J. Radebaugh, J.I. Lunine, M.A. Janssen, S.D. Wall, R.M. Lopes, B. Stiles, E.R. Stofan, and the Cassini RADAR Team (2008). Titans Inventory of Organic Surface Materials. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L02206, doi:10.1029/2007GL032118.
  21. Gregg, T.K.P. and R.M. Lopes (2008). Lava Lakes on Io: New Perspectives from Modeling. Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.08.042.
  22. Lunine, J.I. C. Elachi, S. D. Wall, M. D. Allison,Y. Anderson, R. Boehmer, P. Callahan, P. Encrenaz, E. Flamini, G. Franceschetti, Y. Gim, G. Hamilton, S. Hensley, M. A. Janssen, W. T. K. Johnson, K. Kelleher, R. L. Kirk, R. M. Lopes, R. Lorenz, D. O. Muhleman, R. Orosei, S. J. Ostro, F. Paganelli, Paillou, P., G. Picardi, F. Posa, J. Radebaugh, L. E. Roth, R. Seu, S. Shaffer, L. A. Soderblom, B. Stiles, E.R. Stofan, S. Vetrella, R. West, C. A. Wood, L. Wye, H. Zebker, G. Alberti E. Karkoschka, B. Rizk, E. McFarlane, C. See, and B. Kazeminejad (2008). Cassini RADAR’s Third and Fourth Looks at Titan. Icarus, 195, Issue 1, 415-433, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.12.022.
  23. Lorenz, R.D., R. M. Lopes, F. Paganelli, J.I. Lunine, R.L. Kirk, L.A. Soderblom, E.R. Stofan, G. Ori, M. Myers, H. Miyamoto, B. Stiles, S.D. Wall, C. A. Wood and the Cassini RADAR Team (2008). Fluvial Channels on Titan: Meteorological Paradigm and Cassini RADAR Observations. Planetary and Space Science, 56, 1132-1144.
  24. Mitri, G., J.I. Lunine, A.P. Showman, and R. Lopes (2008). Resurfacing of Titan by Ammonia-water Cryomagma. Icarus, 196, 216-224, doi:10.1016/j.Icarus.2008.02.024.
  25. Barnes, J.W., J. Radebaugh, R.H. Brown, S. Wall, L. Soderblom, J. Lunine, D. Burr, C. Sotin, S. Le Mouelic, B.J. Buratti, R. Clarke, K.H. Baines, R. Jaumann, P.D. Nicholson, R.L. Kirk, R. Lopes, R. Lorenz, K. Mitchell, C.A. Wood, and the Cassini RADAR Team (2008). Near- infrared spectral mapping of Titan’s mountains and channels. Journal Geophys. Res, 112, E11006, doi:10.1029/2007JE002932.
  26. Stofan, E.R., C. Elachi, J.I. Lunine, R.D. Lorenz, B. Stiles, K. Mitchell, S. Ostro, L. Soderblom, C. Wood, H. Zebker, S. Wall, M. Janssen, R. Kirk, R. Lopes, F. Paganelli, J. Radebaugh, L. Wye, Y. Anderson, M. Allison, R. Boehmer, P. Callahan, P. Encrenaz, E. Flamini, G. Francescetti, Y. Gim, G. Hamilton, S. Hensley, W.T.K. Johnson, K. Kelleher, D. Muhleman, P. Paillou, G. Picardi, F. Posa, L. Roth, R. Seu, S. Shaffer, S. Vetrella, and R. West (2007). The Lakes of Titan. Nature, Vol. 445/4 January 2007/doi:10.1038/nature05438.
  27. Lorenz, R.D., C. A. Wood, J. I. Lunine, S. D. Wall, R. M. Lopes, K. Mitchell, F. Paganelli , L. Wye, C. Tsai, H. Zebker, and the Cassini RADAR Team (2007). Titan's young Surface: Initial Impact Crater Survey by Cassini RADAR and Model Comparison. Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 34, L07204, doi:10.1029/2006GRL028971.
  28. Lopes, R.M.C., K.L. Mitchell, E.R. Stofan, J. I. Lunine, R. Lorenz, F. Paganelli, R. L. Kirk, C.A. Wood, S.D. Wall, L.E. Robshaw, A.D. Fortes, C.D. Neish, J. Radebaugh, E. Reffet, S. J. Ostro, C. Elachi, M. D. Allison, Y. Anderson, R. Boehmer, G. Boubin, P. Callahan, P. Encrenaz, E. Flamini, G. Francescetti, Y. Gim, G. Hamilton, S. Hensley, M. A. Janssen, W. T. K. Johnson, K. Kelleher, D. O. Muhleman, G. Ori, R. Orosei, G. Picardi, F. Posa, L. E. Roth, R. Seu, S. Shaffer, L. A. Soderblom, B. Stiles, S. Vetrella, R.D. West, L. Wye, and H. A. Zebker (2006). Cryovolcanic Features on Titan's Surface as Revealed by the Cassini Titan Radar Mapper. Icarus, 186, 395-412.
  29. Soderblom, L., J. Anderson, K. Baines, J. Barnes, J. Barrett, R. Brown, B. Buratti, R. Clark, D. Cruikshank, C. Elachi, M. Janssen, R. Jaumann, R. Kirk, E. Karkoschka, S. Lemouelic, R. Lopes, R. Lorenz, J. Lunine, T. McCord, P. Nicholson, J. Radebaugh, B. Rizk, C. Sotin, E. Stofan, T. Sucharski, M. Tomasko, and S. Wall (2007). Correlations between Cassini VIMS Spectra and RADAR SAR Images: Implications for Titan's Surface Composition and the Character of the Huygens Probe Landing Site. Planetary and Space Science, 55, 2025-2036.
  30. Paganelli, F., M.A. Janssen, B. Stiles, R. West, R.D. Lorenz, J.I Lunine, S.D. Wall, P. Callahan, R. M. Lopes, E. Stofan, R. Kirk, L. Roth, C. Elachi, and the Cassini RADAR Team (2007). Titan's surface from Cassini RADAR SAR and high resolution radiometry data of the first five flybys. Icarus, 191, 211-222, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.04.032.
  31. Paganelli, F., M.A. Janssen, R.M. Lopes, E. Stofan, S.D. Wall, R.D. Lorenz, J.I. Lunine, R.L. Kirk, L. Roth, C. Elachi, and the Cassini RADAR Team (2007). Titans surface from the Cassini RADAR radiometry during SAR mode. Planetary and Space Science, Issue EGU 2006, 56, 100-108, doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.071.
  32. Radebaugh, J., R. Lorenz, R. Kirk, J. Lunine, E. Stofan, R. Lopes, S. Wall, and the Cassini Radar Team (2007). Mountains on Titan Observed by Cassini RADAR. Icarus, 192, 77-91. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.06.020.
  33. Howell, R.R., and R.M.C. Lopes (2007). The Nature of the Volcanic Activity at Loki: Insights from Galileo NIMS and PPR Data. Icarus, 186, pp. 448-461.
  34. Lopes, R. (2006). Titan: Cassini Reveals a New World. In: Space Exploration 2007, edited by B. Harvey, Praxis-Springer.
  35. Stofan E.R., J.I. Lunine, R. Lopes, F. Paganelli, R.D. Lorenz, C.A. Wood, R. Kirk, S. Wall, C. Elachi, L.A. Soderblom, S. Ostro, M. Janssen, J. Radebaugh, L. Wye, H. Zebker, Y. Anderson, M. Allison, R. Boehmer, P. Callahan, P. Encrenaz, E. Flamini, G. Francescetti, Y. Gim, G. Hamilton, S. Hensley, W.T.K. Johnson, K. Kelleher, D. Muhleman, G. Picardi, F. Posa, L. Roth, R. Seu, S. Shaffer, B. Stiles, S. Vetrella, and R. West (2006). Mapping of Titan: Results from the First Two Titan Radar Passes. Icarus, 185, issue 2, 443-456.
  36. Lorenz, R.D., S. Wall, J. Radebaugh, G. Boubin, E. Reffet, M. Janssen, E. Stofan, R. Lopes, R. Kirk, C. Elachi, J. Lunine, F. Paganelli, L. Soderblom, C. Wood, L. Wye, H. Zebker, Y. Anderson, S. Ostro, M. Allison, R. Boehmer, P. Callahan, P. Encrenaz, G.G. Ori, G. Francescetti, Y. Gim, G. Hamilton, S. Hensley, W. Johnson, K. Kelleher, K. Mitchell, D. Muhleman, G. Picardi, F. Posa, L. Roth, R. Seu, S. Shaffer, B. Stiles, S. Vetrella, E. Flamini, and R. West (2006). The Sand Seas of Titan: Cassini RADAR Observations of Equatorial Fields of Longitudinal Dunes. Science, 312, 724-727.
  37. Ostro, S.J., R. D. West, M.A. Janssen, R.D. Lorenz, H.A. Zebker, G.J. Black, J.I. Lunine, L.C. Wye, R. M. Lopes-Gautier, S.D. Wall, C. Elachi, S. Hensley, K. Kelleher, G. A. Hamilton, Y. Gim, Y.Z. Anderson, R.A. Boehmer, W. T. K. Johnson, and the Cassini RADAR Team (2006). Cassini RADAR Observations of Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Iapetus, Hyperion, and Phoebe. Icarus, 183, 479-490.
  38. Lopes, R.M.C. Io, the Volcanic Moon. Encyclopedia of the Solar System, (Editors: L. McFadden, P. Weissman, and T. Johnson), Academic Press, 2006.
  39. Elachi, C.; S. Wall, M. Janssen, E. Stofan, R. Lopes, R. Kirk, R. Lorenz, J. Lunine, F. Paganelli, L. Soderblom, C. Wood, L. Wye, H. Zebker, Y. Anderson, S. Ostro, M. Allison, R. Boehmer, P. Callahan, P. Encrenaz, E. Flameni, G. Francescetti, Y. Gim, G. Hamilton, S. Hensley, W. Johnson, K. Kelleher, D. Muhleman, G. Picardi, F. Posa, L. Roth, R. Seu, S. Schaffer, B. Stiles, S. Vetrella, and R. West (2006). Titan Radar Mapper Observations from Cassini's Ta and T3 Fly-bys. Nature, vol. 441/8, doi:10.1038/nature0486, p. 709-713.
  40. Spencer, J.R., J.C. Pearl, M. Segura, F.M. Flasar, A. Mamoutkine, P. Romani, B.J. Buratti, A.R. Hendrix, L.J. Spilker, R.M.C. Lopes (2006). Cassini Finds Enceladus is Active: Background, and Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) Observations of a South Polar Hot Spot. Science, vol. 311, pp. 1401-1405.
  41. Elachi, C., M. Allison,Y. Anderson, R. Boehmer, P. Callahan, P. Encrenaz, E. Flameni, G. Francescetti, Y. Gim, G. Hamilton, S. Hensley, M. Janssen, W. Johnson, K. Kelleher, R. Kirk, R. Lopes, R. Lorenz, J. Lunine, D. Muhleman, S. Ostro, F. Paganelli, G. Picardi, F. Posa, L. Roth, R. Seu, S. Shaffer, L. Soderblom, B. Stiles, E. Stofan, S. Vetrella, S. Wall, R. West, C. Wood, L. Wye, and H. Zebker (2005): Cassini RADAR's First View of the Surface of Titan. Science, 13, 970-974.
  42. Lopes, R. and D. Williams (2005): Io after Galileo. Invited review for Reports on Progress in Physics, Institute of Physics Publishing, 68, 303-340.
  43. Williams, D.A., L.P. Kezthelyi, P.M. Schenk, M.P. Milazzo, R.M.C. Lopes, J.A. Rathbun, and R. Greeley (2005). The Zamama-Thor Region of Io: Insights from a Synthesis of Mapping, Topography, & Galileo Spacecraft Data. Icarus, 177, 69-88.
  44. Lopes, R., L. W. Kamp, W.D. Smythe, P. Mouginis-Mark, J. Kargel, J. Radebaugh, E. P.Turtle, J. Perry, D.A. Williams, R.W. Carlson, S. Doute (2004). "Lava Lakes on Io. Observations of Io's Volcanic Activity from Galileo during the 2001 Fly-bys." Icarus, 169/1, pp. 140-174.
  45. McEwen, A.S. L. Kezthelyi, R. Lopes, P. Schenk, J. Spencer (2004). "The Lithosphere and Surface of Io. In: Jupiter: Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere (Eds. F. Bagenal, W. McKinnon, T. Dowling), Cambridge University Press.
  46. Douté, S., R. Lopes, L.W. Kamp, R.W. Carlson, B. Schmitt, and the Galileo NIMS Team (2004). Geology and Activity around Volcanoes on Io from the analysis of NIMS Spectral Images. Icarus, 169/1, 175-196.
  47. Williams, D.A., E.P. Turtle, L.P. Kezthelyi, W.L. Jaeger, J. Radebaugh, M.P. Milazzo, A.S. McEwen, J.M. Moore, R.M.C. Lopes, and R. Greeley (2004). Geologic Mapping of the Culann-Tohil Region of Io from Galileo Imaging Data. Icarus, 169/1, pp. 80-97.
  48. Kargel, J.S., Carlson, R.W., Davies, A., Fegley Jr.B., Gillespie, A., Greeley, R., Howell, R.R., Jessup, K.L., Kamp, L., Keszthelyi, L., Lopes, R.M., MacIntyre, T.J., Marchis, F., McEwen, A.S., Milazzo, M., Perry, J., Radebaugh, J., Schaefer, L., Schmerr, N., Smythe, W.D., Spencer, J.R., Williams, D.A., Zhang, J., Zolotov, M.Y.: "Extreme Volcanism on Io: Latest Insights at the End of the Galileo Era". EOS, 84, no. 33, 2003.
  49. Lopes, R.: Io. In: International Astronomical Union Triennial Report, Commission 16 (Physical Studies of the Planets and Satellites), published by the International Astronomical Union, 2002.
  50. Doute S., R. Lopes, L.W. Kamp, R. Carlson. Dynamics and Evolution of SO2 Gas Condensation around Prometheus-like Volcanic Plumes on Io as seen by the Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer. Icarus, 158, 460-482, 2002.
  51. Williams, D.,J. Radebaugh, L. Kezthelyi, A. McEwen, R. M.C. Lopes, S. Doute, R. Greeley. Geological Mapping of the Chaac-Camaxtli Region of Io from Galileo Imaging Data. Journal Geophys. Res. 107 (E9), 5068, doi:10.1029/2001JE001821, 2002.
  52. Smythe, W.D., R. M. C. Lopes, and S.W. Kieffer (2002): The Effect of Volatile Content on Plumes and Flows on Io. Submitted to Icarus.
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