Plantary Sciences Department -- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory

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Dr. Lon L. Hood


With LPL since: 1979

Current Projects:
* Trend studies of stratospheric ozone using satellite data
* Origin of midlatitude ozone and temperature trends
* Effects of 27-day solar UV variability on the stratosphere
* Effects of 11-year solar UV variability on the stratosphere/troposphere
* Planetesimal bow shock model for chondrule formation
* Origin of crustal magnetization on the Moon and Mars
* Lunar metallic core detection using induced magnetic fields

Current LPL postdocs:
* Dr. Boris Soukharev

Selected Memberships/Committee Positions:
* Member: AGU, EGU, AMS, AAAS

Spacecraft involvement:
* Lunar Prospector Discovery mission (Co-I)

Recent references:
* Hood, L. L., The solar cycle variation of total ozone: Dynamical forcing in the lower stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 1355-1370, 1997.

* Hood, L. L. and K. Hartdegen, A crustal magnetization model for the magnetic field of Mars: A preliminary study of the Tharsis region, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 727-730, 1997.

* Hood, L. L., J. P. McCormack, and K. Labitzke, An investigation of dynamical contributions to midlatitude ozone trends in winter, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 13079-13093, 1997.

* McCormack, J. P. and L. L. Hood, The size and frequency of ozone mini-hole events at northern midlatitudes in February, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2647-2650, 1997.

* Hood, L. L., Thermal processing of chondrules and CAI's in planetesimal bow shocks, Meteorit. Planet. Sci., 33, 97-107, 1998.


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