Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory
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SCOTT B. LUTCHKE
Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory
NASA/GSFC, Code 698 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone: (301) 614-6112 FAX: (301) 614-6522 Email: Scott.b.luthcke@nasa.gov |
CURRENT POSITION:
- 2000 – present: Geophysicist, NASA/GSFC, Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, Maryland,
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Satellite Geodesy, ice sheet and glacier mass balance and evolution from satellite gravity, time variable and static gravity recovery from satellite tracking including GRACE inter-satellite observations, laser and radar altimeter calibration and analysis, satellite tracking data analysis, satellite accelerometry and attitude data analysis, satellite measurement and force modeling.
EDUCATION:
- 1988 - B.S. Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- 1994 – M.S. Applied Physics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2008-Hall, D.K., R.S. Williams Jr., S.B. Luthcke, N.E. DiGirolamo, “Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Temperature, Melt and Mass Loss: 2000-2006,” Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 54, No. 184,.
2007-Han, S-C, D. Rowlands, S. Luthcke, F. Lemoine, “Localized analysis of satellite tracking data for studying time-variable Earth’s gravity fields,” Journal Geophysical Research, IN PRESS.
2007-Beckley, B.D., F.G. Lemoine, S.B. Luthcke, R.D. Ray and N.P. Zelensky, “ A reassessment of global and regional mean sea level trends from TOPEX and Jason-1 altimetry based on revised reference frame and orbits,” Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 34, doi 10.1029/2007GL030002, .
2006-Luthcke, S.B., H.J. Zwally, W. Abdalati, D.D. Rowlands, R.D. Ray, R.S. Nerem, F.G. Lemoine, J.J. McCarthy and D.S. Chinn, “Recent Greenland Ice Mass Loss by Drainage System from Satellite Gravity Observations,” Science 314, 1286 (2006) (10.1126/science.1130776).
2006-Ray, R.D. and S.B. Luthcke, “Tide model errors and GRACE gravimetry: Towards a more realistic assessment,” Geophys. J. Int. (2006) doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03229.x.
2006-Luthcke, S.B., D.D. Rowlands, F.G. Lemoine, S.M. Klosko, D. Chinn and J.J. McCarthy, ”Monthly spherical harmonic gravity field solutions determined from GRACE inter-satellite range-rate data alone” Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 33, L02402, doi:10.1029/2005GL024846, 2006.
2005-Luthcke, S.B., D.D. Rowlands, T.A. Williams, M. Sirota,”Calibration and reduction of ICESat geoloaction errors and the impact on ice sheet elevation change detection,” Geophys. Res. Lett., VOL. 32, L21S05, doi:10.1029/2005GL023689, 2005.
2005-Rowlands, D.D., S.B. Luthcke, S.M. Klosko, F.G.R. Lemoine, D.S. Chinn, J.J. McCarthy, C.M. Cox, O.B. Anderson, “ Resolving mass flux at high spatial and temporal resolution using GRACE intersatellite measurements,” Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 32, L04310, doi:10.1029/2004GL021908, 2005.
2003-Luthcke, S.B., N.P. Zelensky, D.D. Rowlands, F.G. Lemoine and T.A. Williams, “The 1-centimeter Orbit: Jason-1 Precision Orbit Determination Using GPS, SLR, DORIS and Altimeter data,” Marine Geodesy, Special Issue on Jason-1 Calibration/Validation, Part 1, Vol. 26, No. 3-4, 2003, pp. 399-421.
2002-Luthcke, S.B., Ekholm, S. and Blair, J.B., “Introduction to Special Issue on Laser Altimetry,” Journal of Geodynamics, Vol. 34, No. 3-4, October/November 2002.
2002-Luthcke, S.B., Carabajal, C.C and D.D. Rowlands, “Enhanced Geolocation of Spaceborne Laser Altimeter Surface Returns: Parameter Calibration from the Simultaneious Reduction of Altimeter Range and Navigation Tracking data,” Journal of Geodynamics, Vol. 34, No. 3-4, October/November 2002, pp. 447-475.
2000-Luthcke, S.B., Rowlands, D.D., McCarthy, J.J., Stoneking, E. and Pavlis, D.E., “Spaceborne Laser Altimeter Pointing Bias Calibration From Range Residual Analysis,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets,Vol. 37, No. 3, May-June 2000, pp. 374-384.
1997-Luthcke, S.B. , Marshall, J.A., Rowton, S.C., Rachlin, K.E. and Cox, C.M., “Enhanced Radiative Force Modeling of The Tracking and Data Relay Satellites,” Journal of Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 45, No. 3, July-September 1997, pp. 349-370.
