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David A. Rothery is affiliated with The Open University in the United Kingdom.

Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these, their subfields of study include Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Aerospace Engineering, Geophysics, and Oceanography.

The main topics covered in their work focus on Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Space Exploration and Technology, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, Marine and environmental studies, and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Recent papers featuring Rothery's authorship or co-authorship include:

  • Rationale for BepiColombo Studies of Mercury's Surface and Composition, 2020, Space Science Reviews
  • Investigating Mercury's Environment with the Two-Spacecraft BepiColombo Mission, 2020, Space Science Reviews
  • An Integrated Geologic Map of the Rembrandt Basin, on Mercury, as a Starting Point for Stratigraphic Analysis, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Explosive vent sites on Mercury: Commonplace multiple eruptions and their implications, 2021, Icarus
  • (Untitled paper), 2020, Aberystwyth Research portal (Aberystwyth University)

Frequent co-authors working alongside Rothery include Jack Wright, M. R. Balme, Susan J. Conway, David L. Pegg, and Christopher C. Malliband.

Their publications often appear in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University), Open Research Online (The Open University), Journal of Maps, and Journal of Geophysical Research Planets.

Best Publications

  • Volcano monitoring using short wavelength infrared data from satellites

    D. A. Rothery;P. W. Francis;C. A. Wood

  • Strombolian explosive styles and source conditions: insights from thermal (FLIR) video

    Matthew R. Patrick;Matthew R. Patrick;Matthew R. Patrick;Andrew J. L. Harris;Maurizio Ripepe;Jonathan Dehn

  • Infrared image analysis of volcanic thermal features: Láscar Volcano, Chile, 1984-1992

    Clive Oppenheimer;Peter W. Francis;David A. Rothery;Richard W. T. Carlton

  • Effusion rate trends at Etna and Krafla and their implications for eruptive mechanisms

    A J L Harris;A J L Harris;J B Murray;S E Aries;Meirion Davies

  • Mass flux measurements at active lava lakes: Implications for magma recycling

    Andrew J. L. Harris;Luke P. Flynn;David A. Rothery;Clive Oppenheimer

  • The mercury imaging X-ray spectrometer (MIXS) on BepiColombo

    G W Fraser;J D Carpenter;D A Rothery;J F Pearson

  • Using the Landsat Thematic Mapper to detect and monitor active volcanoes: An example from Lascar volcano, northern Chile

    P. W. Francis;D. A. Rothery

  • A chronology of the 1991 to 1993 Mount Etna eruption using advanced very high resolution radiometer data: Implications for real-time thermal volcano monitoring

    Andrew J. L. Harris;Stephen Blake;David A. Rothery;Nicki F. Stevens

  • Catastrophic debris avalanche deposit of Socompa volcano, northern Chile

    P. W. Francis;M. Gardeweg;C. F. Ramirez;D. A. Rothery

  • A simple explanation for the space-based calculation of lava eruption rates

    Robert Wright;Stephen Blake;Andrew J.L. Harris;David A. Rothery

  • Low-cost volcano surveillance from space: case studies from Etna, Krafla, Cerro Negro, Fogo, Lascar and Erebus

    Andrew J. L. Harris;Anna L. Butterworth;Richard W. Carlton;Ian Downey

  • Thermal monitoring of Lascar Volcano, Chile, using infrared data from the along-track scanning radiometer: a 1992-1995 time series

    M. J. Wooster;D. A. Rothery

  • Mapping in the Oman ophiolite using enhanced Landsat Thematic Mapper images

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  • Measuring thermal budgets of active volcanoes by satellite remote sensing

    L. Glaze;P. W. Francis;D. A. Rothery

  • Ridge axial segmentation in the Oman ophiolite: evidence from along-strike variations in the sheeted dyke complex

    C. J. MacLeod;D. A. Rothery

  • Ocean chemistry and deep-sea sediments

    J. Brown;A. Colling;D. Park;J. Phillips

  • Correlations between SO2 flux, seismicity, and outgassing activity at the open vent of Villarrica volcano, Chile

    José Luis Palma;José Luis Palma;Eliza S. Calder;Daniel Basualto;Stephen Blake

  • Selection of the landing site in Isidis Planitia of Mars probe Beagle 2

    J. C. Bridges;A. M. Seabrook;D. A. Rothery;J. R. Kim

  • The 16 September 1986 eruption of Lascar volcano, north Chile: Satellite investigations

    L. S. Glaze;P. W. Francis;S. Self;D. A. Rothery

  • Investigating Mercury’s Environment with the Two-Spacecraft BepiColombo Mission

    A. Milillo;M. Fujimoto;G. Murakami;J. Benkhoff

  • Jupiter, The Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere

    David A. Rothery

  • Geological field techniques

    Angela L. Coe;Tom W. Argles;David A. Rothery;Robert A. Spicer

  • Remote geochemical analysis: elemental and mineralogical composition: edited by C.M. Pieters and P.A.J. Englert, Cambridge University Press, UK, 1993. Hardcover XXIII + 594 pp. Price £60.00. ISBN 0-521-40281-6

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Frequent Co-Authors

Susan J. Conway
Susan J. Conway University of Nantes
Matthew R. Balme
Matthew R. Balme The Open University
Matteo Massironi
Matteo Massironi University of Padua
Mahesh Anand
Mahesh Anand The Open University
Peter Francis
Peter Francis The Open University
Andrew J. L. Harris
Andrew J. L. Harris University of Clermont Auvergne
Martin J. Wooster
Martin J. Wooster King's College London
Stephen Blake
Stephen Blake The Open University
Luigi Ferranti
Luigi Ferranti University of Naples Federico II
Clive Oppenheimer
Clive Oppenheimer University of Cambridge

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