Publications – TU Delft Planetary Exploration

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Below you can find a list of peer-reviewed publications from the Planetary Exploration group. The list below offers an overview of our research output of the last 5 years, based on the work of our staff members, PhDs and MSc students. Use the quick links below to jump to specific years.

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2021

Blank, B., Barletta, V., Hu, H., Pappa, F., & van der Wal, W. (2021), Effect of lateral and stress‐dependent viscosity variations on GIA induced uplift rates in the Amundsen Sea Embayment (OPEN ACCESS, model output). Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, e2021GC009807
Bulut, N., Roncero, O., Aguado, A., Loison, J. C., Navarro-Almaida, D., Riviére-Marichalar, P., Alonso-Albi, T., Bachiller, R., Cazaux, S. & More Authors (2021), Gas phase Elemental abundances in Molecular cloudS (GEMS): III. Unlocking the CS chemistry: The CS+O reaction, Astronomy and Astrophysics. 646, A5.
Gurvits, L. I., Beswick, R., Hoare, M., Njeri, A., Blanchard, J., Sharpe, C., Tiplady, A. & De Witt, A., (2021), High-resolution radio astronomy: An outlook for Africa, In : Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 15, p. 137-142.
Klindzic, D., Stam, D. M., Snik, F., Hoeijmakers, J., Willebrands, M., Karalidi, T., Pallichadath, V., van Dijk, C. & Esposito, M., 2021, LOUPE: Observing Earth from the Moon to prepare for detecting life on Earth-like exoplanets: Observing Earth from the Moon to prepare for detecting life on Earth-like exoplanets: LOUPE: Observing Earth from the Moon, Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions A. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 379, 2188, 1 p., 20190577.
Marsman, C., W. van der Wal, R. Riva, J Freymuller, The impact of a 3-D Earth structure on glacial isostatic adjustment in Southeast Alaska following the Little Ice Age, Journal of Geophysical Research, accepted
Rovira-Navarro, M., van der Wal, W., Steinke, T., & Dirkx, D. (2021). Tidally Heated Exomoons around Gas Giants (OPEN ACCESS). The Planetary Science Journal, 2(3), 119

2020

An, T., Mohan, P., Zhang, Y., Frey, S., Yang, J., Gabányi, K., Gurvits, L. I., Paragi, Z., Perger, K. & Zheng, Z., (2020) Evolving parsec-scale radio structure in the most distant blazar known, Nature Communications. 11, 1, 143.
Bintanja, R., van der Wiel, K., van der Linden, E. C., Reusen, J. & Bogerd, L., (2020), Strong future increases in Arctic precipitation variability linked to poleward moisture transport, Science Advances. 6, 7, 6 p., eaax6869
Blanc, M., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., André, N., Gomez-Elvira, J., Jones, G., Sterken, V., Desprats, W., Gurvits, L. I., Dirkx, D. & More Authors, 2020, Joint Europa Mission (JEM): a multi-scale study of Europa to characterize its habitability and search for extant life, Planetary and Space Science. 193, 36 p., 104960
de Boer, J., Langlois, M., van Holstein, R. G., Girard, J. H., Mouillet, D., Vigan, A., . . . Beuzit, J. L. (2020). Polarimetric imaging mode of VLT/SPHERE/IRDIS. I. Description, data reduction, and observing strategy. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 633, A63. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834989
Groot, A., Rossi, L., Trees, V. J. H., Cheung, J. C. Y., & Stam, D. M. (2020). Colors of an Earth-like exoplanet. Temporal flux and polarization signals of the Earth. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 640, A121. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202037569
Gurvits, L., (2020), Preface: High-resolution space-borne radio astronomy, Advances in Space Research. 65, 2, p. 703-704
Gurvits, L. I., (2020), Space VLBI: From first ideas to operational missions, Advances in Space Research. 65, 2, p. 868-876
Hermans, T. H. J., Tinker, J., Palmer, M. D., Katsman, C. A., Vermeersen, B. L. A. & Slangen, A. B. A., 2020, Improving sea-level projections on the Northwestern European shelf using dynamical downscaling, Climate Dynamics. 54, 3-4, p. 1987-2011.
van Holstein, R., G., Girard, J. H., de Boer, J., Snik, F., Milli, J., Stam, D. M., . . . Beuzit, J. L. (2020). Polarimetric imaging mode of VLT/SPHERE/IRDIS. II. Characterization and correction of instrumental polarization effects. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 633, A64. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834996
Jimenez-Lluva, D. & Root, B. (2020), Hybrid optimization of low-thrust many-revolution trajectories with coasting arcs and longitude targeting for propellant minimization, Acta Astronautica. 177, p. 232-245
Kovalev, Y. Y., Kardashev, N. S., Sokolovsky, K. V., Voitsik, P. A., An, T., Avdeev, V. Y., Bartel, N., Gurvits, L. I., Vermeulen, R. C. & More Authors, (2020), Detection statistics of the RadioAstron AGN survey, Advances in Space Research. 65, 2, p. 705-711.
Maté, B., Cazaux, S., Satorre, M. Á., Molpeceres, G., Ortigoso, J., Millán, C. & Santonja, C., (2020) Diffusion of CH4 in amorphous solid water,In : Astronomy and Astrophysics. 643, 14 p., A163
Navarro-Almaida, D., Le Gal, R., Fuente, A., Rivière-Marichalar, P., Wakelam, V., Cazaux, S., Hacar, A., Tafalla, M., Ward-Thompson, D. & More Authors, 1 May 2020, Gas phase Elemental abundances in Molecular cloudS (GEMS): II. On the quest for the sulphur reservoir in molecular clouds: the H2S case, Astronomy and Astrophysics. 637, A39
Oberg, N., Kamp, I., Cazaux, S. & Rab, C., (2020), Photoevaporation of the Jovian circumplanetary disk: I. Explaining the orbit of Callisto and the lack of outer regular satellites, Astronomy and Astrophysics. 638, 16 p., A135
de Pater, I., de Kleer, K. & Adamkovics, M., (2020), High Spatial and Spectral Resolution Observations of the Forbidden 1.707 micron Rovibronic SO Emissions on Io: Evidence for Widespread Stealth Volcanism, Planetary Science Journal. 1, 29
Nunes, N. V., Bartel, N., Bietenholz, M. F., Zakhvatkin, M. V., Litvinov, D. A., Rudenko, V. N., Gurvits, L. I., Granato, G. & Dirkx, D., (2020), The gravitational redshift monitored with RadioAstron from near Earth up to 350,000 km, Advances in Space Research. 65, 2, p. 790-797
Reusen, J.M., B.C. Root, W. Szwillus, J. Fullea, W. van der Wal (2020), Long‐Wavelength Gravity Field Constraint on the Lower Mantle Viscosity in North America, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, e2020JB020484
Root, B.C. (2020), Comparing global tomography-derived and gravity-based upper mantle density models, Geophysical Journal International, 221, 1542-1554.
Rovira-Navarro, M., T. Gerkema, L.R.M. Maas, W. van der Wal, R. van Ostayen, B. Vermeersen, (2020). Tides in Subsurface Oceans with Meridional Varying Thickness, Icarus.
Rovira-Navarro, M., W. van der Wal, V. R. Barletta, B.C. Root, and L. Sandberg Sørensen (2020), GRACE constraints on Earth rheology of the Barents Sea and Fennoscandia, Solid Earth, 11, 379.
Schlathölter, T., Mostafa, Y., Kamman, A., Dongelmans, A., Arribard, Y., Cazaux, S. & Hoekstra, R., (2020), Atomic hydrogen interactions with small polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons cation, European Physical Journal D. 74, 6, 7 p., 114.
Soderlund, K. M., Kalousová, K., Buffo, J. J., Glein, C. R., Goodman, J. C., Mitri, G., Patterson, G. W., Rovira-Navarro, M., Vermeersen, B. & More Authors, (2020), Ice-Ocean Exchange Processes in the Jovian and Saturnian Satellites, Space Science Reviews. 216, 5, 57 p., 80
Steinke, T., H. Hu, D. Honing, W. van der Wal, B. Vermeersen (2020), Tidally induced lateral variations of Io’s interior, Icarus, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.05.001
Steinke, T., van Sliedregt, D., Vilella, K., van der Wal, W., & Vermeersen, B., (2020). Can a combination of convective and magmatic heat transport in the mantle explain Io’s volcanic pattern? Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, e2020JE006521
Thi, W. F., Hocuk, S., Kamp, I., Woitke, P., Rab, C., Cazaux, S. & Caselli, P., (2020), Warm dust surface chemistry: H₂and HD formation, Astronomy and Astrophysics. 634, 28 p., A42
Thi, W. F., Hocuk, S., Kamp, I., Woitke, P., Rab, C., Cazaux, S., Caselli, P. & D’Angelo, M., (2020), Warm dust surface chemistry in protoplanetary disks: Formation of phyllosilicates, Astronomy and Astrophysics. 635, 15 p., A16

2019 (incomplete)

Cazaux, Stephanie, et al. (2019), The Sequence of Coronene Hydrogenation Revealed by Gas-phase IR Spectroscopy, The Astrophysical Journal 875.1: 27.
Ferrier, K.L., van der Wal, W., Ruetenik, G.A. and Stocchi, P., (2019). The importance of sediment in sea-level change. Past Global Changes Magazine, vol. 27(1), 24-25.
Pappa, F., J. Ebbing, F. Ferracioli, W. van der Wal (2019), Modeling Satellite Gravity Gradient Data to Derive Density, Temperature, and Viscosity Structure of the Antarctic Lithosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research, doi: 10.1029/2019JB017997, pdf of preprint.
Rovira-Navarro, M., M. Rieutord, T. Gerkema, L.R.M. Maas, W. van der Wal, B. Vermeersen (2019), Do tidally-generated inertial waves heat the subsurface oceans of Europa and Enceladus, Icarus 321, 126-140, doi:0.1016/j.icarus.2018.11.010.
Poinelli, M., Larour, E., Castillo‐Rogez, J. and Vermeersen, B. (2019). Crevasse propagation on brittle ice: Application to cycloids on Europa. Geophysical Research Letters.
Shepherd, A., Ivins, E., Rignot, E. et al. (2019). Mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2018, Nature, doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1855-2
Trees, V. J., & Stam, D. M. (2019). Blue, white, and red ocean planets-Simulations of orbital variations in flux and polarization colors. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 626, A129.
Dirkx, D., Mooij, E., and Root, B (2019), Propagation and estimation of the dynamical behaviour of gravitationally interacting rigid bodies, Astrophysics and Space Science, 364, 37.
Pappa, F., J. Ebbing, F. Ferracioli, W. van der Wal (2019), Modeling Satellite Gravity Gradient Data to Derive Density, Temperature, and Viscosity Structure of the Antarctic Lithosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research, doi: 10.1029/2019JB017997, pdf of preprint.
Sterzik, M. F., Bagnulo, S., Stam, D. M., Emde, C., & Manev, M. (2019). Spectral and temporal variability of Earth observed in polarization. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 622, A41. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834213

2018 (incomplete)

Berzosa Molina, J., Rossi, L., & Stam, D. M. (2018). Traces of exomoons in computed flux and polarization phase curves of starlight reflected by exoplanets. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 618, A162. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833320
Cazaux, S., Bossa, J. B., Martin-Doménech, R., Caro, G. M. M., Chen, Y.-J., Linnartz, H., & Tielens, A. (2018). Monte Carlo Simulations of the Formation and Morphology of Interstellar Ices. In G. M. Muñoz Caro & R. Escribano (Eds.), Laboratory Astrophysics (pp. 95-110). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Hermans, T.H.J., W. van der Wal and T. Broerse (2018), Reversal of the Direction of Horizontal Velocities induced by GIA as a function of Mantle Viscosity, Geophysical Research Letters 45(18), 9597-9604.
Hu, H., W. van der Wal, L.L.A. Vermeersen (2018), Rotational dynamics of tidally deformed planetary bodies and validity of fluid limit and quasi-fluid approximation, Icarus 321, 583-592.
Huang, P., P. Wu, W. van der Wal, (2018), Effects of mantle rheologies on viscous heating induced by Glacial Isostatic Adjustment, pdf, Geophysical Journal International 213(1), 157–168, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggx535.
Martinec, Z., V. Klemann, W. van der Wal, R. E. M. Riva, G. Spada, Y. Sun, D. Melini, S. B. Kachuck, V. Barletta, K. Simon, G. A, and T. James (2018), A benchmark study of numerical implementations of the sea-level equation in GIA modelling, pdf, Geophysical Journal International, 215(1), pp.389-414
Nield, G.A., P.L. Whitehouse, W. van der Wal, B. Blank, J.P. O’Donnell, G.W. Stuart, (2018), The impact of lateral variations in lithospheric thickness on glacial isostatic adjustment in West Antarctica, pdf, Geophysical Journal International, 214(2), 811–824.
Rossi, L., & Stam, D. M. (2018). Circular polarization signals of cloudy (exo)planets. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 616, A117. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201832619.
Rossi, L., Berzosa-Molina, J., & Stam, D. M. (2018). PYMIEDAP: a Python-Fortran tool for computing fluxes and polarization signals of (exo)planets. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 616, A147. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201832859

2017

Hu, H., W. van der Wal, L.L.A. Vermeersen, (2017), A full-Maxwell approach for large angle polar wander of viscoelastic bodies, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, doi:10.1002/2017JE005365.
Hu, H., W. van der Wal, and L.L.A. Vermeersen (2017), A numerical method for reorientation of rotating tidally deformed viscoelastic bodies, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 122(1), 228-248.
Root, B.C., Ebbing, J., van der Wal, W., England, R., and Vermeersen, L.L.A. (2017), Comparing gravity-based to seismic-derived lithosphere densities: a case study of the British Isles and surrounding areas, Geophysical Journal International, 208, 1796-1810.
van der Wal, W., T. IJpelaar, (2017). Effect of sediment loading in Fennoscandia and the Barents Sea during the last glacial cycle on GIA observations OPEN ACCESS, Solid Earth, 8, 955-968.

2016

Root, B.C., Novák, P., Dirkx, D., Kaban, M., van der Wal, W., and Vermeersen, L.L.A. (2016), On a spectral method for forward gravity field modelling, Journal of Geodynamics, 97, 22-30.
Hoeijmakers, H. J., Arts, M. L. J., Snik, F., Keller, C. U., Stam, D. M., & Kuiper, J. M. (2016). Design trade-off and proof of concept for LOUPE, the Lunar Observatory for Unresolved Polarimetry of Earth. Optics Express, 24, 21435. doi:10.1364/OE.24.021435
Mousis, O., Atkinson, D. H., Spilker, T., Venkatapathy, E., Poncy, J., Frampton, R., . . . Sánchez-Lavega, A. (2016). The Hera Saturn entry probe mission. Planetary and Space Science, 130, 80-103. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.06.020
Root, B.C., J. Ebbing, W. van der Wal, R. England, L.L.A. Vermeersen, (2016). Comparing gravity-based to seismic-derived lithosphere densities: a case study of the British Isles and surrounding areas, pdf, Geophysical Journal International 208 (3), 1796-1810.
Root, B.C., P. Novák, D. Dirkx, M. Kaban, W. van der Wal, L.L.A. Vermeersen, (2016). On a spectral method for forward gravity field modelling, pdf, Journal of Geodynamics, 97, 22-30, doi:10.1016/j.jog.2016.02.008.
Xu, Z., E.J.O. Schrama, W. van der Wal, M. van den Broeke, E. Enderlyn, (2016). Improved GRACE regional mass balance estimates of the Greenland Ice Sheet cross-validated with the input-output method, The Cryosphere, 10(2), 895-912, doi:10.5194/tc-10-895-2016.
King, M.A., P.L. Whitehouse, W. van der Wal, (2016), Incomplete separability of Antarctic plate rotation from glacial isostatic adjustment deformation within geodetic deformation, pdf, Geophysical Journal International (1): 324-330, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv461.