Scientific Contributions

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(mainly IAC contributions)

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Peer-reviewed Publications

• Som S., Adam Z., Vance S. "Use the Water: In-Situ Resource Technology for Icy-Surface Landers." Acta Astronautica (64) 1006-1010. doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.01.004, 2009(html)
• Som S., Montgomery D., Greenberg H., "Scaling Relations for Large Martian Valleys". Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, 114, E02005. doi:10.1029/2008JE003132, 2009 (html)
• This work was mentioned in a Newsfocus article in Science.
• Montgomery D., Som S., Schreiber B.C., Jackson M., Gillespie A., Adams J. "Continental-Scale Salt Tectonics on Mars and the Origin of Valles Marineris and Associated Outflow Channels". GSA Bulletin, (121) 117-133, doi: 10.1130/B26307.1, 2009 (html).
  • This work was the topic of a News and Views in Nature GeoScience.
• Som S., Greenberg H., Montgomery D. "The Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Dataset: Limitations and Improvements". Mars: The International Journal of Mars Science and Exploration (4) 14-26, doi:10.1555/mars.2008.0002, 2008 (html).
• This work proposes a better DEM for Mars
• Bourgeois J., and Som S. "Stratigraphic architectures spotted in southern Melas Chasma, Valles Marineris, Mars: Comment". Geology, e145, doi.10.1130/G24181C.1, 2007 (html).
• Som S., Kimball J., Hermanson J., Allen J. "Stability and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Unsteady Condensing and Evaporating Films". International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (50) 1927-1937, doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.09.031, 2007(html).