PATRICIO BECERRA, PH.D.
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*Research advisee

*L. Affolter, P. Becerra, T. Plüss, A. Pommerol, N. Thomas, Permittivity measurements of a new Martian soil simulant, (in preparation)

*Valantinas, A., P. Becerra, A. Pommerol, N. Thomas, E. Hauber, L.L. Tornabene, A.S. McEwen, G. Cremonese, Multi-Angular Observations of Martian Slope Streaks (in preparation for Planetary and Space Science)

Becerra, P., I.B. Smith, C. Andres, A.M. Bramson, P. Buhler, A. Coronato, S. Diniega, J.A. Emmett, A. Grau Galofre, C. Herny, S. Hibbard, M.A. Kahre, J.P. Knightly, S. Nerozzi, G. Portyankina, J. Rabassa, L. Tamppari, T. Titus, J.L. Whitten, Z. Yoldi (2020), Past, Present and Future of Mars Ice Research: Conclusions and outlook from the 7th International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration (in preparation for The Planetary Science Journal)

Lethuillier, A., E. Kaufmann, C. Feller, P. Becerra, A. Pommerol, N. Hännidd, D. Haack, D. Rebecca, B. Gundlach, J. Blum, G. Kargl, J. Knollenberg, N. S. Molinski, T. Gilke, H. Sierks, P. Tiefenbacher, H. Capelo, C. Güttler, K. Otto, D. Bischoff, M. Schweighart, Cometary dust analog for physics experiments (in preparation for MNRAS)

Dundas, C.M., P. Becerra, S. Byrne, C.J., Hansen, K.E., Herkenhoff, M. Landis, A.S. McEwen, et al. Active Mars: A Dynamic World (in preparation for J. of Geophys. Res.: Planets)

Becerra, P., I.B. Smith, C. Andres, A.M. Bramson, P. Buhler, A. Coronato, S. Diniega, J.A. Emmett, A. Grau Galofre, C. Herny, S. Hibbard, M.A. Kahre, J.P. Knightly, S. Nerozzi, G. Portyankina, J. Rabassa, L. Tamppari, T. Titus, J.L. Whitten, Z. Yoldi (2020), Past, Present and Future of Mars Ice Research: Conclusions and outlook from the 7th International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration (in preparation)


Thomas, N., P. Becerra, I.B. Smith, Mars and the ESA Science Programme: The case for Mars Polar Science, submitted to Experimental Astronomy

Becerra, P., I. Smith, A. Coronato, J. Rabassa (2020). Mars Polar Science visits the End of the World. Nature Astronomy Meeting Report. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-1127-y

G. Munaretto, M. Pajola, G. Cremonese, C. Re, A. Lucchetti, E. Simioni, A. S. McEwen, A. Pommerol, P. Becerra, S. J. Conway, N. Thomas, M. Massironi (2020), First CaSSIS observations of Martian Recurring Slope Lineae: implications for their origin and evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2020.104947

Smith, I.B., P.O. Hayne, S. Byrne, P. Becerra, M. Kahre, W. Calvin, C.S. Hvidberg, S. Milkovich, P. Buhler, M. Landis, B. Horgan, A. Kleinbohl, M. Perry, R. Obbard, J. Stern, S. Piqueux, N. Thomas, K. Zacny, L. Carter, L. Edgar, J. Emmett, T. Navarro, J. Hanley, M. Koutnik, N. Putzig, B. Henderson, J.W. Holt, B. Ehlmann, S. Parra, D. Lalich, C. Hansen, M. Hecht, D. Banfield, K. Herkenhoff, D.A. Paige, M. Skidmore, R.L. Staehle, M. Siegler (2020) The Holy Grail: A Strategy for Unlocking the Climate Record Stored within Mars' Polar Layered Deposits, Planetary and Space Science, 184, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2020.104841.

Sori, M.M., J. Bapst, P. Becerra, and S. Byrne (2019), Islands of ice on Mars and Pluto, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 124, 2522-42, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JE005861. Cover of the Issue. 

​Becerra, P., Sori, M.M., Thomas, N., Pommerol, A., Tulyakov, S., Sutton, S.S., Simioni, E., Cremonese, G., Timescales of the climate record in the south polar ice cap of Mars, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, (12) doi:10.1029/2019GL083588. Editor's Highlight. Cover of the Issue. 

Brouet, Y., Becerra, P., Sabouroux, P., Pommerol, A., Thomas, N., (2018), A Laboratory-based Dielectric Model for the Radar Sounding of the Martian Subsurface Icarus 321: 960-973, doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.12.029.
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Brouet, Y., Cerubini, R., Pommerol, A., Thomas, N., Neves, L., Sabouroux, P., Becerra, P., Grima, C., (2018)Dielectric spectroscopy measurements of saline aqueous solutions in the VHF-UHF bands: towards a dielectric model for icy satellites’ water reservoirs. Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Aerospace.

Smith, I.B., S. Diniega, D.W. Beaty, T. Thorsteinsson, P. Becerra, A. M. Bramson, S.M. Clifford, C.S. Hvidberg, G. Portyakina, S. Piqueux, A. Spiga and T.N. Titus (2018), 6th international conference on Mars polar science and exploration: Conference summary and five top questions, Icarus 308: 2-14, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2017.06.027.

Tornabene, L.L, F. P. Seelos, A. Pommerol, N. Thomas, C.M. Caudill, P. Becerra, J.C. Bridges, S. Byrne, M. Cardinale, M. Chojnacki, S.J. Conway, G. Cremonese, C.M. Dundas, M.R. El-Maarry, C.J. Hansen, K. Hansen, T.N. Harrison, R. Henson, L. Marinangeli, A.S. McEwen, M. Pajola, S.S. Sutton, J.J. Wray (2018), Simulation and assessment of the colour and spatial capabilities of the Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, Space Sci. Rev. 214: 18. doi:10.1007/s11214-017-0436-7.

Becerra, P., M. M. Sori, and S. Byrne (2017), Signals of astronomical climate forcing in the exposure topography of the North Polar Layered Deposits of Mars, Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (1), 62–70, doi:10.1002/2016GL071197. AGU EOS Research Spotlight.

Becerra, P., S. Byrne, M. M. Sori, S. Sutton, and K. E. Herkenhoff (2016), Stratigraphy of the north polar layered deposits of Mars from high-resolution topography, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 121, 1445–1471, doi:10.1002/2015JE004992.

Brown, A. J., Calvin, W.M., Becerra, P., Byrne, S. (2016), Martian north polar cap summer water cycle, Icarus, 277, 401 - 415, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.007.

Thompson, M.S., Zega, T.J., Becerra, P., Keane, J.T., Byrne, S. (2016). The Oxidation State of Nanophase Fe Particles in Lunar Soil: Implications for Space Weathering. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 51, 6: 1082–1095. doi: 10.1111/maps.12646.

Becerra, P., Byrne, S., Brown A. J. (2015). Transient Bright “halos” on the South Polar Residual Cap of Mars: Implications for mass balance. Icarus 251: 211-225. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.04.050.

Pelletier, J. D., DeLong, S. B., Orem, C. A., Becerra, P., Compton, K., Gressett, K., Lyons-Baral, J., McGuire, L. A., Molaro, J. L., and Spinler J. C. (2012). How do vegetation bands form in dry lands? Insights from numerical modeling and field studies in southern Nevada, USA. J. Geophys. Res., 117, F04026, doi:10.1029/2012JF002465.
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French, R.S., Showalter, M. R., Sfair, R., Argüelles, C., Pajuelo, M., Becerra, P., Hedman, M. M., Nicholson, P. D. (2012). The Brightening of Saturn’s F Ring. Icarus 219: 181-193. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.02.020


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  • Research
    • The Martian Polar Climate Record
    • Electrical Properties of Planetary Simulants and Ices Laboratory (EPPSIL)
    • Martian South Residual Ice Cap
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  • Curriculum Vitae
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  • Not Science