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Edward A. Cloutis

Edward A. Cloutis

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Environmental Sciences

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68
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17109
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68

Overview

Edward A. Cloutis is affiliated with the University of Winnipeg in Canada. Their primary research fields encompass physics and astronomy with a strong focus on planetary science and exploration. Over their career, they have contributed extensively to multiple subfields, including astronomy and astrophysics, ecology, aerospace engineering, geophysics, and atmospheric science.

Their work covers a wide range of topics within planetary and astro-sciences, including planetary science and exploration, isotope analysis in ecology, geology and paleoclimatology research, space exploration and technology, space science and extraterrestrial life, as well as geological and geochemical analysis.

Edward A. Cloutis has published frequently in several venues notable in the planetary and space sciences. These venues include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Icarus
  • Space Science Reviews
  • Earth and Space Science
  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Among recent papers associated with their field of study are:

  • The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the NASA Mars 2020 Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests (2020), published in Space Science Reviews
  • The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the Mars 2020 Rover: Science Objectives and Mast-Unit Description (2021), published in Space Science Reviews
  • Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars (2022), published in Science
  • The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mast Camera Zoom (Mastcam-Z) Multispectral, Stereoscopic Imaging Investigation (2021), published in Space Science Reviews
  • Aqueous alteration processes in Jezero crater, Mars-implications for organic geochemistry (2022), published in Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Edward A. Cloutis include:

  • R. C. Wiens
  • J. R. Johnson
  • A. J. Brown
  • D. M. Applin
  • A. Cousin

Their research contributions primarily address the analysis of Martian geological processes, instrumental developments for Mars missions, and investigations spanning multiple aspects of planetary science, including organic geochemistry and instrument suite performance.

Best Publications

  • The operational environment and rotational acceleration of asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx observations

    C. W. Hergenrother;C. K. Maleszewski;M. C. Nolan;J.-Y. Li

  • Pyroxene spectroscopy revisited - Spectral-compositional correlations and relationship to geothermometry

    Edward A. Cloutis;Michael J. Gaffey

  • Calibrations of phase abundance, composition, and particle size distribution for olivine-orthopyroxene mixtures from reflectance spectra

    Edward A. Cloutis;Michael J. Gaffey;Timothy L. Jackowski;Kevin L. Reed

  • Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

    Douglas W. Ming;P. D. Archer;D. P. Glavin;J. L. Eigenbrode

  • Detection and discrimination of sulfate minerals using reflectance spectroscopy

    Edward A. Cloutis;Frank C. Hawthorne;Stanley A. Mertzman;Katherine Krenn

  • Evidence for widespread hydrated minerals on asteroid (101955) Bennu.

    V. E. Hamilton;A. A. Simon;P. R. Christensen;D. C. Reuter

  • Spectral reflectance properties of hydrocarbons: remote-sensing implications.

    Edward A. Cloutis

  • The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the NASA Mars 2020 Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests

    Roger C. Wiens;Sylvestre Maurice;Scott H. Robinson;Anthony E. Nelson

  • Properties of Rubble-Pile Asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx Imaging and Thermal Analysis

    D. N. DellaGiustina;J. P. Emery;D. R. Golish;Benjamin Rozitis

  • The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the Mars 2020 Rover: Science Objectives and Mast-Unit Description

    Sylvestre Maurice;R. Wiens;P. Bernardi;P. Caïs

  • Mineralogy of Asteroids

    M. J. Gaffey;E. A. Cloutis;M. S. Kelley;K. L. Reed

  • Light-toned salty soils and coexisting Si-rich species discovered by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in Columbia Hills

    Alian Wang;J.F. Bell;Ron Li;J. R. Johnson

  • The OSIRIS-REx target asteroid (101955) Bennu: Constraints on its physical, geological, and dynamical nature from astronomical observations

    D. S. Lauretta;A. E. Bartels;M. A. Barucci;E. B. Bierhaus

  • Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars

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  • Near-infrared spectra of ferrous mineral mixtures and methods for their identification in planetary surface spectra

    Briony H.N. Horgan;Briony H.N. Horgan;Edward A. Cloutis;Paul Mann;James F. Bell

  • Phase reddening on near-Earth asteroids: Implications for mineralogical analysis, space weathering and taxonomic classification

    Juan A. Sanchez;Vishnu Reddy;Andreas Nathues;Edward A. Cloutis

  • Asteroid (101955) 1999 RQ36: Spectroscopy from 0.4 to 2.4μm and meteorite analogs

    Beth Ellen Clark;Richard P. Binzel;Ellen S. Howell;Edward A. Cloutis

  • Delivery of dark material to Vesta via carbonaceous chondritic impacts

    Vishnu Reddy;Lucille Le Corre;David P. O'Brien;Andreas Nathues

  • Aqueous alteration processes in Jezero crater, Mars−implications for organic geochemistry

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  • Spectral reflectance-compositional properties of spinels and chromites: Implications for planetary remote sensing and geothermometry

    Edward A. Cloutis;J. M. Sunshine;R. V. Morris

  • Hyperspectral geological remote sensing : evaluation of analytical techniques

    E. A. Cloutis

  • Martian dust storm impact on atmospheric H2O and D/H observed by ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

    Ann Carine Vandaele;Oleg Korablev;Frank Daerden;Shohei Aoki

  • Metal silicate mixtures - Spectral properties and applications to asteroid taxonomy

    Edward A. Cloutis;Michael J. Gaffey;Dorian G. W. Smith;Richard St J. Lambert

Frequent Co-Authors

James F. Bell
James F. Bell Arizona State University
L. Le Corre
L. Le Corre Planetary Science Institute
Andreas Nathues
Andreas Nathues Max Planck Society
Jeffrey R. Johnson
Jeffrey R. Johnson Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Dante S. Lauretta
Dante S. Lauretta University of Arizona
Melissa S. Rice
Melissa S. Rice Western Washington University
Bethany L. Ehlmann
Bethany L. Ehlmann University of Colorado Boulder
Gordon R. Osinski
Gordon R. Osinski University of Western Ontario
Harold C. Connolly
Harold C. Connolly Rowan University
Stanley A. Mertzman
Stanley A. Mertzman Franklin & Marshall College

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