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3252
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1301

Overview

Don Banfield is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on planetary science, exploration, and related physical phenomena.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Space Exploration and Technology
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Aeolian processes and effects

Banfield's subfields of study encompass Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist has published in various venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets (21 publications)
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (11 publications)
  • Geophysical Research Letters (8 publications)
  • Nature Geoscience (6 publications)
  • Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors (2 publications)

Among Banfield's recent papers are:

  • "Initial results from the InSight mission on Mars," 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "Constraints on the shallow elastic and anelastic structure of Mars from InSight seismic data," 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "The seismicity of Mars," 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "The atmosphere of Mars as observed by InSight," 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "The Marsquake catalogue from InSight, sols 0-478," 2020, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Banfield include Aymeric Spiga, W. B. Banerdt, Naomi Murdoch, Philippe Lognonné, and R. D. Lorenz. These collaborations reflect an interdisciplinary approach involving planetary atmospheric and geophysical research.

Best Publications

  • Voyager 2 at neptune: imaging science results.

    B. A. Smith;L. A. Soderblom;D. Banfield;c. Barnet

  • Initial results from the InSight mission on Mars

    W. Bruce Banerdt;Suzanne E. Smrekar;Don Banfield;Domenico Giardini

  • SEIS: Insight’s Seismic Experiment for Internal Structure of Mars

    P. Lognonné;W. B. Banerdt;D. Giardini;W. T. Pike

  • Constraints on the shallow elastic and anelastic structure of Mars from InSight seismic data

    Philippe Lognonné;Philippe Lognonné;W. B. Banerdt;W. T. Pike;Domenico Giardini

  • Atmospheric Imaging Results from the Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit and Opportunity

    M. T. Lemmon;M. J. Wolff;M. D. Smith;R. T. Clancy

  • Aeolian processes at the Mars Exploration Rover Meridiani Planum landing site.

    R. Sullivan;D. Banfield;J.F. Bell;W. Calvin

  • The seismicity of Mars

    Domenico Giardini;P. Lognonné;P. Lognonné;W. B. Banerdt;W. T. Pike

  • The atmosphere of Mars as observed by InSight

    Don Banfield;Aymeric Spiga;Claire Newman;François Forget

  • Observation of moist convection in Jupiter's atmosphere

    P. J. Gierasch;A. P. Ingersoll;D. Banfield;S. P. Ewald

  • Jupiter's Cloud Structure from Galileo Imaging Data☆

    D. Banfield;P. J. Gierasch;M. Bell;E. Ustinov

  • Moist convection as an energy source for the large-scale motions in Jupiter's atmosphere

    A. P. Ingersoll;P. J. Gierasch;D. Banfield;A. R. Vasavada

  • Constraints on dust aerosols from the Mars Exploration Rovers using MGS overflights and Mini‐TES

    Michael J. Wolff;Michael D. Smith;R. T. Clancy;N. Spanovich

  • Galileo's First Images of Jupiter and the Galilean Satellites

    M J. S. Belton;J W. Head;A. P. Ingersoll;R. Greeley

  • One Martian year of atmospheric observations using MER Mini‐TES

    Michael D. Smith;Michael J. Wolff;Nicole Spanovich;Amitabha Ghosh

  • Galileo Imaging of Jupiter's Atmosphere: The Great Red Spot, Equatorial Region, and White Ovals

    Ashwin R. Vasavada;Andrew P. Ingersoll;Don Banfield;Maureen Bell

  • InSight Auxiliary Payload Sensor Suite (APSS)

    D. Banfield;J. A. Rodriguez-Manfredi;C. T. Russell;K. M. Rowe

  • Traveling waves in the martian atmosphere from MGS TES Nadir data

    D. Banfield;B.J. Conrath;P.J. Gierasch;R.John Wilson

  • Geology of the InSight landing site on Mars

    M. Golombek;N. H. Warner;J. A. Grant;E. Hauber

  • Forced waves in the martian atmosphere from MGS TES nadir data

    D. Banfield;B. J. Conrath;M. D. Smith;Philip Christensen

  • Thermal Tides in the Martian Middle Atmosphere as Seen by the Mars Climate Sounder.

    C. Lee;W. G. Lawson;M. I. Richardson;N. G. Heavens

  • The Marsquake catalogue from InSight, sols 0–478

    John F. Clinton;Savas Ceylan;Martin van Driel;Domenico Giardini

  • First Atmospheric Science Results from the Mars Exploration Rovers Mini-TES

    Michael D. Smith;Michael J. Wolff;Mark T. Lemmon;Nicole Spanovich

Frequent Co-Authors

Aymeric Spiga
Aymeric Spiga Sorbonne University
Philippe Lognonné
Philippe Lognonné Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Raphaël F. Garcia
Raphaël F. Garcia National Higher French Institute of Aeronautics and Space
Naomi Murdoch
Naomi Murdoch National Higher French Institute of Aeronautics and Space
Peter J. Gierasch
Peter J. Gierasch Cornell University
Taichi Kawamura
Taichi Kawamura Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Ralph D. Lorenz
Ralph D. Lorenz Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Sebastien Rodriguez
Sebastien Rodriguez Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Nicholas A Teanby
Nicholas A Teanby University of Bristol

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