Member Since 1987
Wendy M. Calvin
Professor, University of Nevada, Reno
Chair, Fred Whipple Award Committee; Chair, Ronald Greeley Early Career Award Committee; President, Planetary Sciences Executive Committee; Section President, Council
Professional Experience
University of Nevada, Reno
Professor
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
Doctorate
1991
University of Denver
Bachelors
1983
Publications
Spatial and Temporal Variation of Mars South Polar Ice Composition From Spectral Endmember Classific...
Multispectral mapping data from the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) provide a unique opportunity to characterize south...
November 27, 2023
Spectral Characterization of Parent Soils From Globally Impo...
January 18, 2023
Characterizing Seasonal and Residual Ices at the South Pole ...
October 27, 2022
Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM)...
December 08, 2012
AGU Abstracts
Laboratory Measurements of Layered Water and CO2 Ices: Implications for the Seasonal Ice Caps on Mars
AGU 2024
planetary sciences | 10 december 2024
Wendy M. Calvin, Jamie Isen, Isaac B. Smith
The seasonal polar caps on Mars are comprised of both water and carbon dioxide ices that exchange with the atmosphere. In the north, water ice develop...
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Transmission Spectra and Derived Imaginary Refractive Indices for Soil Samples from Globally Important Dust Generating Regions
DUST IN A CHANGING CLIMATE: FROM SMALL‐SCALE INSIGHTS TO LARGE‐SCALE UNDERSTANDING V POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 16 december 2022
Mohammad R. Sadrian, Wendy M. Calvin, Johann P. E...
We recently conducted spectral measurements on 26 surface soil samples from globally important dust generating regions for the purpose of understandin...
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Modeling Spectral Diversity of the South Polar Ices on Mars
SURFACE PROCESSES ON ROCKY AND ICY BODIES ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM I ORAL
earth and planetary surface processes | 14 december 2022
Wendy M. Calvin, Ava Covington, Samuel F. Cartwrig...
Mars has two polar ice domes, comprised primarily of water ice with small amounts of dust contamination. In the south, the highest albedo deposits (us...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - Present
Chair
Fred Whipple Award Committee
2023 - Present
Chair
Ronald Greeley Early Career Award Committee
2025 - 2026
President
Planetary Sciences Executive Committee
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