James F. Bell III: Publications as of January 2008

 

First Authored Peer-Reviewed & Submitted Publications

 

31.   Bell III, J.F. (Editor) The Martian Surface: Composition, Mineralogy, and Physical Properties (ISBN-13: 9780521866989), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, in press, 2008.

30.   Bell III, J.F., M.S. Rice, J.R. Johnson, and T.M. Hare, Surface albedo observations  at Gusev Crater and Meridiani Planum, Mars, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2008.

29.   Bell III, J.F. and T. Ansty, High spectral resolution UV to near-IR observations of Mars during 1999, 2001, and 2003 using HST/STIS, Icarus, 191, 581-602, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.05.019, 2007.

28.   Bell III, J.F., T. Glotch, V. Hamilton, T. McConnochie, T. McCord, A. McEwen, P. Christensen, and R. Arvidson, "Visible to Near-IR Multispectral Observations of Mars," Chapter 8 in The Martian Surface: Composition, Mineralogy, and Physical Properties (J.F. Bell III, ed.), Cambridge University Press, in press, 2008.

27.   Bell III, J.F., W.M. Calvin, W. Farrand, R. Greeley, J.R. Johnson, B. Jolliff, R.V. Morris, R.J. Sullivan, S. Thompson, A. Wang, C. Weitz, and S.W. Squyres, "Mars Exploration Rover Pancam Multispectral Imaging of Rocks, Soils, and Dust in Gusev Crater and Meridiani Planum," Chapter 13 in The Martian Surface: Composition, Mineralogy, and Physical Properties (J.F. Bell III, ed.), Cambridge University Press, in press, 2008.

26.   Bell III, J.F., D. Savransky, and M.J. Wolff, Chromaticity of the martian sky as observed by the Mars Exploration Rover Pancam instruments, J. Geophys. Res., 111, E12S05, doi:10.1029/2006JE002687, 2006.

25.   Bell III, J.F., J. Joseph, J.N. Sohl-Dickstein, H.M. Arneson, M.J. Johnson, M.T. Lemmon, and D. Savransky, In-flight calibration and performance of the Mars Exploration Rover Panoramic Camera (Pancam) Instruments, J. Geophys. Res., 111, E02S03, doi:10.1029/2005JE002444, 2006.

24.   Bell III, J.F., M.T. Lemmon, T.C. Duxbury, M.Y.H. Hubbard, M.J. Wolff, S.W. Squyres, L. Craig, and J.M. Ludwinski, Solar eclipses of Phobos and Deimos observed from the surface of Mars, Nature, 436, 55-57, doi:10.1038/nature03437, 2005.

23.   Bell III, J.F., S.W. Squyres, R.E. Arvidson, H.M. Arneson, D. Bass, W. Calvin, W.H. Farrand, W. Goetz, M. Golombek, R. Greeley, J. Grotzinger, E. Guinness, A.G. Hayes, M.Y.H. Hubbard, K.E. Herkenhoff, M.J. Johnson, J.R. Johnson, J. Joseph, K.M. Kinch, M.T. Lemmon, R. Li, M.B. Madsen, J.N. Maki, M. Malin, E. McCartney, S. McLennan, H.Y. McSween, Jr., D.W. Ming, R.V. Morris, E.Z. Noe Dobrea, T.J. Parker, J. Proton, J.W. Rice, Jr., F. Seelos, J. Soderblom, L.A. Soderblom, J.N. Sohl-Dickstein,  R.J. Sullivan, C. Weitz, M.J. Wolff, Pancam multispectral imaging results from the Opportunity rover at Meridiani Planum, Science, 306, 1703-1709, 2004.

22.   Bell III, J.F., S.W. Squyres, R.E. Arvidson, H.M. Arneson, D. Bass, D. Blaney, N. Cabrol, W. Calvin, J. Farmer, W.H. Farrand, W. Goetz, M. Golombek, J.A. Grant, R. Greeley, E. Guinness, A.G. Hayes, M.Y.H. Hubbard, K.E. Herkenhoff, M.J. Johnson, J.R. Johnson, J. Joseph, K.M. Kinch, M.T. Lemmon, R. Li, M.B. Madsen, J.N. Maki, M. Malin, E. McCartney, S. McLennan, H.Y. McSween, Jr. , D.W. Ming, J.E. Moersch, R.V. Morris, E.Z. Noe Dobrea, T.J. Parker, J. Proton, J.W. Rice, Jr., F. Seelos, J. Soderblom, L.A. Soderblom, J.N. Sohl-Dickstein, R.J. Sullivan, M.J. Wolff, and A. Wang, Pancam multispectral imaging results from the Spirit rover at Gusev crater, Science, 305, 800-806, 2004.

21.   Bell III, J.F., S.W. Squyres, K.E. Herkenhoff, J.N. Maki, H.M. Arneson, D. Brown, S.A. Collins, A. Dingizian, S.T. Elliot, E.C. Hagerott, A.G. Hayes, M.J. Johnson, J.R. Johnson, J. Joseph, K. Kinch, M.T. Lemmon, R.V. Morris, L Scherr, M. Schwochert, M.K. Shepard, G.H. Smith, J.N. Sohl-Dickstein, R. Sullivan, W.T. Sullivan, and M. Wadsworth, The Mars Exploration Rover Athena Panoramic Camera (Pancam) Investigation, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (E12), doi:10.1029/2003JE002070, 2003.

20.   Bell III, J.F., HST Studies of Mars, in "A Decade of Hubble Space Telescope Science," eds. M. Livio, K. Noll, & M. Stiavelli, Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-24, 2003.

19.   Bell III, J.F., W.H. Farrand, J.R. Johnson, and R.V. Morris, Low abundance materials at the Mars Pathfinder landing site: An investigation using spectral mixture analysis and related techniques, Icarus, 158, 56-71, 2002.

18.   Bell III, J.F., N.I. Izenberg, P.G. Lucey, B.E. Clark, C. Peterson, M.J. Gaffey, J. Joseph, B. Carcich, A. Harch, M.E. Bell, J. Warren, P.D. Martin, L.A. McFadden, D. Wellnitz, S. Murchie, M. Winter, J. Veverka, P. Thomas, M.S. Robinson, M. Malin, and A. Cheng, Near-IR Reflectance Spectroscopy of 433 Eros from the NIS Instrument on the NEAR Mission. 1. Low Phase Angle Observations, Icarus,  155, 119-144, 2002.

17.   Bell III, J.F., H. Y. McSween Jr., J. A. Crisp, R. V. Morris, S. L. Murchie, N. T. Bridges, J. R. Johnson, D. T. Britt, M.P. Golombek, H. J. Moore, A. Ghosh, J. L. Bishop, R. C. Anderson, J. BrŸckner, T. Economou, J. P. Greenwood, H. P. Gunnlaugsson, R. M. Hargraves, S. Hviid, J. M. Knudsen, M. B. Madsen, R. Reid, R. Rieder, and L. Soderblom, Mineralogic and Compositional Properties of Martian Soil and Dust: Results From Mars Pathfinder, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 1721-1755, 2000.

16.   Bell III, J.F., M.J. Wolff, T.C. Daley, D. Crisp, P.B. James, S.W. Lee, J.T. Trauger, and R.W. Evans, Near-infrared imaging of Mars from HST: Surface reflectance, photometric properties, and implications for MOLA data, Icarus, 138, 25-35, 1999.

15.   Bell III, J.F., M.J. Wolff, P.B. James, R.T. Clancy, S.W. Lee, and L.J. Martin, Mars surface mineralogy from Hubble Space Telescope imaging during 1994-1995: Observations, calibration, and initial results, J. Geophys. Res, 102, 9109-9123, 1997.

14.   Bell III, J.F., Iron, sulfate, carbonate, and hydrated minerals on Mars, in "Mineral Spectroscopy:  A Tribute to Roger G. Burns," Geochemical Society Special Publication 5 (M.D. Dyar, C. McCammon, and M.W. Schaefer, eds.), 359-380, 1996.

13.   Bell III, J.F., W.M. Calvin, M.E. Ockert-Bell, J.B. Pollack, D. Crisp, and J. Spencer, Detection and monitoring of H2O and CO2 ice clouds on Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 9227-9238, 1996.

12.   Bell III, J.F. and B.R. Hawke, Compositional variability of the Serenitatis/Tranquillitatis region of the Moon from telescopic multispectral imaging and spectroscopy, Icarus, 118, 51-68, 1995.

11.   Bell III, J.F., T.L. Roush, and R.V. Morris, Mid-infrared transmission spectra of crystalline and nanophase iron oxides/oxyhydroxides and implications for Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 5297-5309, 1995.

10.   Bell III, J.F., J.B. Pollack, T.R. Geballe, D.P. Cruikshank, and R. Freedman, Spectroscopy of Mars from 2.04 to 2.44 µm during the 1993 opposition: Absolute calibration and atmospheric vs. mineralogic origin of narrow absorption features, Icarus, 111, 106-123, 1994.

9.     Bell III, J.F. and D. Crisp, Groundbased Imaging Spectroscopy of Mars in the Near-Infrared: Preliminary Results,  Icarus, 104, 2-19, 1993.

8.     Bell III, J.F., R.V. Morris, and J.B. Adams, Thermally Altered Palagonitic Tephra: A Spectral and Process Analog to the Soils and Dust of Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 98,  3373-3385, 1993.

7.     Bell III, J.F., Charge-Coupled Device Imaging Spectroscopy of Mars. 2. Results and Implications for Martian Ferric Mineralogy, Icarus, 100, 575-597, 1992.

6.     Bell III, J.F., P.G. Lucey, and T.B. McCord, Charge-Coupled Device Imaging Spectroscopy of Mars. 1. Instrumentation and Data Reduction/Analysis Procedures, Experimental Astronomy, 2, 287-306, 1992.

5.     Bell III, J.F., D. Crisp, P.G. Lucey, T.A. Ozoroski, W.M. Sinton, S.C. Willis, and B.A. Campbell, Spectroscopic Observations of Bright and Dark Emission Features on the Night Side of Venus, Science, 252, 1293-1296, 1991.

4.     Bell III, J.F. and T.B. McCord, A search for spectral units on the Uranian satellites using color ratio images,  Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXI,  473-489, 1991.

3.     Bell III, J.F., T.B. McCord, and P.D. Owensby, Observational Evidence of crystalline iron oxides on Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 14447-14461, 1990.

2.     Bell III, J.F., T.B. McCord, and P.G. Lucey,  Imaging  Spectroscopy  of  Mars (0.4-1.1 µm) During the 1988 Opposition, Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. XX, 479-486, 1990.

1.     Bell III, J.F. and T.B. McCord,   Mars:  Near-Infrared Comparative Spectroscopy During  the 1986 Opposition, Icarus, 77, 21-34, 1989.

 

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications by Jim's Graduate Students & Postdocs

 

 

11.  Soderblom, J.M., J.F. Bell III, J.R. Johnson, J. Joseph, and M.J. Wolff (2007) Mars Exploration Rover Navigation Camera (Navcam) in-flight calibration, submitted to J. Geophys. Res., 2007.

10.   Noe Dobrea, E. Z., J.F. Bell III, M. J. Wolff, K. Noll, A. Lubenow, and C.C. Million, Global-Scale Near Infrared Variability on Mars: Analysis of 2003 Mars Opposition Observations from HST/NICMOS, Icarus, 193, 112-124, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.07.026, 2008.

9.     Kinch, K.J., J. Sohl-Dickstein, J.F. Bell III, J.R. Johnson, W. Goetz, and G.A. Landis, Dust deposition on the Mars Exploration Rover Panoramic Camera (Pancam) calibration targets, J. Geophys. Res., 112, CiteID E06S03, doi:10.1029/2006JE002807, 2007.

8.    Soderblom, J.M., J.F. Bell III, M.Y.H. Hubbard, and  M.J. Wolff (2006) Martian phase function: Modeling the visible to near-infrared surface photometric function using HST-WFPC2 data, Icarus, 184, 401-423, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.05.006.

7.    Noe Dobrea, E.Z., J.F. Bell III, T.H. McConnochie, and M. Malin (2006) Analysis of a Spectrally Unique Deposit in the Dissected Noachian Terrain of Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 111, E06007, doi:10.1029/2005JE002431.

6.    McConnochie, T.H., J.F. Bell III, D. Savransky, G. Mehall, M. Caplinger, P. R. Christensen, L. Cherednik, K. Bender, A. Dombovari (2006) Calibration and In-Flight Performance of the Mars Odyssey THEMIS Visible Imaging Subsystem (VIS) Instrument, J. Geophys. Res., 111, E06018, doi:10.1029/2005JE002568.

5.    Noe Dobrea, E.Z. and J.F. Bell III (2005) TES Spectroscopic Identification of a Region of Persistent Water Ice Clouds on the Flanks of Arsia Mons Volcano, Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 110, E05002, doi:10.1029/2003JE002221.

4.     Lim, L.F., T.H. McConnochie, J.F. Bell III, and T.L. Hayward (2004) Thermal infrared (8 to 13 µm) spectra of 29 asteroids: The Cornell Mid-Infrared Asteroid Spectroscopy ("MIDAS") survey, Icarus, 173, 385-408, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.08.005.

3.     Noe Dobrea, E.Z., J.F. Bell III, M.J. Wolff, and K.D. Gordon (2003) H2O- and OH-bearing minerals in the Martian regolith: Analysis of 1997 observations from HST/NICMOS, Icarus, 166, pp. 1-20.

2.     Klassen, D.R. and J.F. Bell III (2003) Radiance factor calibration of near-infrared spectral images of Mars, Icarus, 163, 66-77.

1.     Klassen, D.R., J.F. Bell III, R.R. Howell, P.E. Johnson, W. Golisch, C.D. Kaminski, and D. Griep, Infrared spectral imaging of Martian clouds and ices, Icarus, 138, 36-48, 1999.

 

 

Publications In Preparation for Peer-Review

 

10.  Bell III, J.F., M.C. Malin, W. Calvin, B. Cantor, M. Caplinger, R.T. Clancy, T. Ghaemi, R.M. Haberle, P.B. James, S. Lee, T. McConnochie, E. Noe Dobrea, M. Ravine, P.C. Thomas, and M.J. Wolff, Calibration and Performance of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter MARCI and CTX instruments, manuscript in preparation, 2007.

9.   Bell III, J.F., T.H. McConnochie, D. Savransky, M.J. Wolff, P.R. Christensen, G. Mehall, L.L. Cherednik, K.C. Bender, K. Murray, A. Dombov‡ri, M. Malin, and M. Caplinger, High Spatial Resolution Multispectral Imaging of Mars from the Mars Odyssey THEMIS-VIS Instrument, to be submitted to J. Geophys. Res., 2006.

8.   Bell III, J.F., T.H. McConnochie, D. Savransky, M.J. Wolff, P.R. Christensen, G. Mehall, L.L. Cherednik, K.C. Bender, K. Murray, A. Dombov‡ri, M. Malin, and M. Caplinger, The most interesting visible-wavelength color variations detected on Mars by the Mars Odyssey THEMIS-VIS instrument: 639 Examples from February 2002 to September 2005, manuscript in preparation, 2006.

7.    Izenberg, N.R., L. M. Howser, S. L. Murchie, J. W. Warren, J. F. Bell III, J. Harrington, H. W. Taylor, and E.W. Rogala (2003) Results and lessons from on-ground calibration of CONTOURÕs CRISP spectrometer, submitted to Opt. Eng.

6.    Wolff, M.J., J.F. Bell III, and M.Y.H. Hubbard (2003) Single-Scattering Albedo of Martian Atmospheric Dust from Hubble Space Telescope Observations from 255 to 1042 nm, to be submitted to Geophys. Res. Lett.

5.    Bell III, J.F., M. Belton, B.C. Clark, S. Murchie, T. Owen, J. Veverka, J. Harrington, and the CONTOUR Science Team, Composition and Mineralogy of Cometary Nuclei, for submission to Space Science Reviews, 2002.

4.    Thomas, P.C., J. Veverka, J. F. Bell III, S. Murchie, M. J. S. Belton, M. Malin, M. Robinson, and the CONTOUR CRISP-CFI team, Investigation of the geology of cometary  nuclei with CRISP-CFI, to be submitted to Space Science Reviews, 2002.

3.    Bell III, J.F., M.J. Wolff, R.V. Morris, and W.H. Farrand (2003) Global color and mineralogic variations on the martian surface from HST/WFPC2 multispectral imaging, in preparation for Icarus.

2.   Bell III, J.F., B.E. Clark, N. Izenberg, S. Murchie, L. McFadden, D. Wellnitz, M.J. Gaffey, P. Lucey, M. Winter, C. Chapman, and the NEAR MSI/NIS Science Team (2003) Small-Scale Spectral Heterogeneity of 433 Eros, in preparation for Meteoritics and Planetary Science.

1.   Morris, R.V., J.F. Bell III, M.J. Wolff, W.H. Farrand, and P.R. Christensen (2003) A Hubble Space Telescope view of Martian surface compositions from the Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer, in preparation for Icarus.

 

 Books and Book Chapters

 

9.    "Planetary Exploration Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing," (with K. Reed et al.) chapter in Manual of Remote Sensing: Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Amer. Soc. Photogramm. Rem. Sens., submitted, 2007.

8.   "Mars 3-D", ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-5620-7, Sterling, New York, 160 pp., in press, 2008.

7.     "The Martian Surface: Composition, Mineralogy, and Physical Properties," (Editor: J.F. Bell III), ISBN-13: 9780521866989, Cambridge University Press Planetary Science Series, Cambridge, in press, 2008.

6.     "Postcards from Mars," ISBN 0525949852, Dutton/Penguin, New York, 196 pp., 2006.

5.     "Mineralogy of Mars," McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, ISBN-13: 978-0071445047, McGraw-Hill, New York, 432 pp., 2005.

4.     "Asteroid Rendezvous," (Editors: J.F. Bell III and J. Mitton), ISBN 0521813603, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge , 130 pp., 2002.

3.     "Natural Resources in Space," MacMillan Space Science Series Volume 4: Our Future in Space, ISBN 13: 9780028655468, pp. 115-118, MacMillan Reference USA, 2002.

2.     "Planetary Geology" (with B.A. Campbell and M.S. Robinson), Chapter 10 in Remote Sensing for the Earth Sciences: Manual of Remote Sensing, Third Edition, Volume 3, ISBN: 978-0-471-29405-4, pp. 509-564, A.N. Rencz, Editor, John Wiley & Sons, 728 pp., 1999.

1.     "Visible and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy", entry in Encylopedia of Planetary Sciences  (J.H. Shirley and R.W. Fairbridge, eds.), ISBN-13: 978-0412069512, Chapman and Hall, New York, pp. 911-915, 1997.

 

 

 Magazine Articles

 

34.  "A 3-D View of the Moon's Surface," Astronomy, submitted.

33.   "Have Brain, Must Travel," Scientific American, August 2007, pp. 36-37.

32.   "The Next Age of Exploration," Sky & Telescope's "Beautiful Universe", 2007, pp. 10-12.

31.   "Portraits from Mars," Astronomy, January 2007, pp. 64-69.