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Overview

Stephen R. Lewis is affiliated with The Open University in the United Kingdom and specializes primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans multiple subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Aerospace Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes, and Physiology.

The scientist's work focuses extensively on planetary science and exploration, with notable contributions in related topics such as astro and planetary science, space science and extraterrestrial life, geology and paleoclimatology research, space exploration and technology, aeolian processes and effects, and spaceflight effects on biology.

Stephen R. Lewis has frequently published research in several prominent scientific venues. These include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Icarus
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • The Planetary Science Journal

Among recent papers authored or coauthored, the following stand out with their focus on Martian atmospheric and planetary phenomena:

  • The atmosphere of Mars as observed by InSight (2020), published in Nature Geoscience
  • OpenMARS: A global record of martian weather from 1999 to 2015 (2020), published in Planetary and Space Science
  • Enhanced water loss from the martian atmosphere during a regional-scale dust storm and implications for long-term water loss (2021), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Asymmetric Impacts on Mars' Polar Vortices From an Equinoctial Global Dust Storm (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • ExoMars TGO/NOMAD-UVIS Vertical Profiles of Ozone: 1. Seasonal Variation and Comparison to Water (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Planets

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Stephen R. Lewis include:

  • Manish Patel
  • James Holmes
  • M. R. Balme
  • Paul Streeter
  • Ann Carine Vandaele

Best Publications

  • Improved general circulation models of the Martian atmosphere from the surface to above 80 km

    François Forget;Frédéric Hourdin;Richard Fournier;Christophe Hourdin

  • Eight-year climatology of dust optical depth on Mars

    L. Montabone;L. Montabone;L. Montabone;F. Forget;E. Millour;R. J. Wilson

  • A climate database for Mars

    Stephen R. Lewis;Matthew Collins;Peter L. Read;François Forget

  • Morphometry of a glacier-linked esker in NW Tempe Terra, Mars, and implications for sediment-discharge dynamics of subglacial drainage

    Frances E. G. Butcher;Frances E. G. Butcher;Matthew R. Balme;Susan J. Conway;Colman Gallagher

  • Modeling the Martian dust cycle, 1. Representations of dust transport processes

    Claire E. Newman;Stephen R. Lewis;Peter L. Read;François Forget

  • The atmosphere of Mars as observed by InSight

    Don Banfield;Aymeric Spiga;Claire Newman;François Forget

  • Structure and dynamics of the Martian lower and middle atmosphere as observed by the Mars Climate Sounder: Seasonal variations in zonal mean temperature, dust and water ice aerosols

    D. J. McCleese;N. G. Heavens;J. T. Schofield;W. A. Abdou

  • The Martian climate revisited : atmosphere and environment of a desert planet

    Peter L. Read;Stephen R. Lewis

  • Modeling the Martian dust cycle 2. Multiannual radiatively active dust transport simulations

    Claire E. Newman;Stephen R. Lewis;Peter L. Read;François Forget

  • THE MARTIAN ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER

    A. Petrosyan;B. Galperin;S. E. Larsen;S. Lewis

  • The Mars Climate Database (MCD version 5.2)

    E. Millour;Francois Forget;Aymeric Spiga;T. Navarro

  • 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

  • Assimilation of thermal emission spectrometer atmospheric data during the Mars Global Surveyor aerobraking period

    Stephen R. Lewis;Peter L. Read;Barney J. Conrath;John C. Pearl

  • NOMAD, an Integrated Suite of Three Spectrometers for the ExoMars Trace Gas Mission: Technical Description, Science Objectives and Expected Performance

    A. C. Vandaele;J.-J. Lopez-Moreno;M. R. Patel;M. R. Patel;G. Bellucci

  • Influence of water ice clouds on Martian tropical atmospheric temperatures

    R. John Wilson;Stephen R. Lewis;Luca Montabone;Michael D. Smith

  • Structure and dynamics of the convective boundary layer on Mars as inferred from large-eddy simulations and remote-sensing measurements: The Martian Convective Boundary Layer

    A. Spiga;F. Forget;S. R. Lewis;D. P. Hinson

  • The atmospheric circulation and dust activity in different orbital epochs on Mars

    Claire E. Newman;Claire E. Newman;Stephen R. Lewis;Peter L. Read

  • 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

  • Upper atmosphere of Mars up to 120 km: Mars Global Surveyor accelerometer data analysis with the LMD general circulation model

    M. Angelats i Coll;F. Forget;M. A. López‐Valverde;P. L. Read

  • The solsticial pause on Mars: 1. A planetary wave reanalysis

    Stephen R. Lewis;David P. Mulholland;Peter L. Read;Luca Montabone

  • Superrotation in a Venus general circulation model

    C. Lee;C. Lee;S. R. Lewis;P. L. Read

  • The Mars Climate Database (MCD version 5.3)

    Ehouarn Millour;Francois Forget;Aymeric Spiga;Margaux Vals

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter L. Read
Peter L. Read University of Oxford
Aymeric Spiga
Aymeric Spiga Sorbonne University
François Forget
François Forget Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Matthew R. Balme
Matthew R. Balme The Open University
Miguel Lopez-Valverde
Miguel Lopez-Valverde Spanish National Research Council
Roger Lewis
Roger Lewis University of Sheffield
Claire E. Newman
Claire E. Newman University of Oxford
Franck Lefèvre
Franck Lefèvre Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Susan J. Conway
Susan J. Conway University of Nantes
John T. Schofield
John T. Schofield California Institute of Technology

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