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Position: Research Professor
| Address: | Catholic University of America
Department of Physics 620 Michigan Avenue Washington, D.C. 20064 phone 202-319-5315 |
| Home Address: | 6100 Westchester Park #911
College Park, MD 20740 |
Spectroscopic study of planetary and cometary atmospheres, chemical and isotope composition, photochemistry, aeronomy, and evolution of planetary atmospheres.
Books
Chapters in BooksV. A. Krasnopolsky. Photochemistry of the Atmospheres of Mars and Venus. Nauka, Moscow, 1982; Springer, Heidelberg-New York, 334 pages, 1986. V. A. Krasnopolsky. Physics of the Planetary and Cometary Airglow. Nauka, Moscow, 304 pages, 1987.
Papers In Refereed Journals
(abstracts and conference talks are not included)
Total number of papers 119Leading author in 89 papers
I. Earth,
including the first satellite study of the global ozone distribution
and spectroscopic detection of deuterium
III. Venus,
including discovery and spectroscopy of Venus' night airglow, photochemical
modeling of Venus' atmosphere, studies of chemical composition of clouds
IV. Mars,
including discoveries of helium and atomic deuterium, vertical profiles
of ozone, water vapor, and dust,
the only X-ray occultation observations, photochemistry and evolution
V. Triton,
including discovery of atomic nitrogen, study of haze, modeling of
thermal balance and photochemistry
VI. Pluto,
including modeling of hydrodynamic escape and photochemistry
VII. Comets,
including production rates, parent and daughter lifetimes, velocities,
and asymmetry injection factors for six species and dust in comet Halley,
detection of x-rays in four comets, study of x-ray excitation in comets,
detection of helium and nondetection of neon
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