Papers

Newest first.
2025
The MSL Marathon: Ensuring Uninterrupted Rover Activities in a Dynamic Institutional Environment
Stephanie Oij, Elena Amador-French, Brian Kahovec, Doug Ellison, Emme Wiederhold
2025 IEEE Aerospace Conference
https://www.doi.org/10.1109/AERO63441.2025.11068527
2023
Martian wind and surface conditions during the night-time descent and landing of Pathfinder
M.D. Paton, H. Savijärvi, P. Grindrod, A.-M. Harri, J. Leino, D. Ellison
Icarus, Volume 390, January 2023
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115318
Playing Telephone Through Martian Rock: Assessing Terrain Occlusions to Enhance Telecom Predictions
Emme Wiederhold, Reidar Larsen, Lea Chandler, Ryan Mukai, Stephanie Oij, Walker Dula, Doug Ellison, Ashwin Vasavada
2023 IEEE Aerospace Conference
https://doi.org/10.1109/aero55745.2023.10115628 · JPL Tech Report Server
2022
The Aeolian Environment in Glen Torridon, Gale Crater, Mars
R. Sullivan, M. Baker, C. Newman, M. Turner, J. Schieber, C. Weitz, B. Hallet, D. Ellison
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, August 2022
https://doi.org/10.1029/2021je007174
Diurnal Variability in Aeolian Sediment Transport at Gale Crater, Mars
Mariah M. Baker, Claire E. Newman, Robert Sullivan, Michelle E. Minitti, Kenneth S. Edgett, Deirdra Fey, Doug Ellison, Kevin W. Lewis
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, February 2022
https://doi.org/10.1029/2020je006734
2021
Updated Altitudes for Martian Water-Ice Clouds above Gale Crater
Charissa Campbell, Doug Ellison, Christina Smith, John Moores
Europlanet Science Congress 2021
https://www.doi.org/10.5194/epsc2021-451
Commanding Curiosity from the Couch: MSL Remote Operations, Challenges, and Path Ahead
M. Gildner, A.R. Allbaugh, A. Mishkin, S. Algermissen, M. Van Kirk, D. Ellison, C. Bridge, T. Stough, A. Stroupe
IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings 2021
https://doi.org/10.1109/aero50100.2021.9438370 · JPL Tech Report Server
2020
Surface Investigations of Aeolian Activity on Mars: Recent Advances and Outstanding Questions
M.M. Baker, C.E. Newman, M.G.A. Lapotre, R.J. Sullivan Jr., M.E. Minitti, K.W. Lewis, C. Charalambous, C.M. Weitz, D.J. Banfield, M. Golombek, A. Spiga, M.T. Lemmon, J.A. Grant III, N.H. Warner, A.R. Vasavada, R.D. Lorenz, K.S. Edgett, D.M. Fey, S.A. Wilson, D. Ellison, D.M. Rubin, J.B. Garvin, M. Banks, V. Ansan, S. Rodriguez
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2020
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020AGUFMEP022..01B
The Line-of-Sight Extinction Record at Gale Crater as Observed by MSL's Mastcam and Navcam through ~2,500 Sols
Christina L. Smith, Mark Lemmon, John E. Moores, Scott D. Guzewich, Timothy H. McConnochie, Claire E. Newman, Alain S. J. Khayat, Michael Battalio, Casey A. Moore, Douglas Ellison
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, November 2020
https://doi.org/10.1029/2020je006465
2019
Visibility and Line-of-Sight Extinction Estimates in Gale Crater During the 2018/MY34 Global Dust Storm
C.L. Smith, J.E. Moores, M. Lemmon, S.D. Guzewich, C.A. Moore, D. Ellison, A.S.J. Khayat
Geophysical Research Letters 2019
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl083788 · arXiv
Nacreous clouds on Mars: imaging cloud formation with the Curiosity rover
Mark T. Lemmon, Charissa Campbell, Brittney Cooper, Douglas Ellison, Scott David Guzewich, Tex Kubacki, German Martinez, Claire Newman, Jason van Beek, Álvaro Vicente-Retortillo, Daniel Viudez-Moreiras
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2019
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AGUFM.P51C..04L
Constraints on Mars Aphelion Cloud Belt phase function and ice crystal geometries
Brittney A. Cooper, John E. Moores, Douglas J. Ellison, Jacob L. Kloos, Christina L. Smith, Scott D. Guzewich, Charissa L. Campbell
Planetary and Space Science, April 2019
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2019.01.005 · NASA NTRS
2017
Pisgah Lava Cave Communication Test: Science Case Study for the Networked Constellations Initiative
K. Belov, D. Ellison, A. Fraeman
JPL Publication 2017-6
NASA NTRS