Charissa L Campbell

Utilizing data from the Mars Climate Sounder onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to investigate dust optical depth in the South pole during Perihelion to better characterize the elusive "B" dust events.

Comparison of Water-ice Cloud Movement as seen by both the Mars Science Laboratory and InSight missions

Mars

Concurrent imagery taken from both the Mars Science Laboratory and InSight missions are used to compare water-ice cloud movement to deduce wind directions. These missions were close enough together and operational at the same time to allow a direct comparison of atmospheric conditions based on wind movement.

The Mars Atmospheric Panoramic camera and Laser Experiment (MAPLE)

Mars

A low-cost instrument using a panoramic camera and multiple lasers to classify near-surface aerosols on the Martian surface. Utilizes previous techniques from the Phoenix and Mars Science Laboratory missions.

Research Interests

Martian Aerosol Behaviour

Solar System: Mars

Interested in aerosols such as water-ice, dust or carbon dioxide clouds to help understand the Martian atmosphere. Previous experience with surface imagery and currently learning orbital data

Mission Operations

Solar System: Technology & Missions

Interested in missions, operations and how it all comes to fruition with either instrumentation, the spacecraft or both.

Education

PhD - Physics and Astronomy

York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Supervisor: John E. Moores

Dissertation: Characterizing the Martian Environment Through Surface Spacecraft Observations

Defended: November 2023

MSc - Physics and Astronomy

York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Supervisor: John E. Moores

Thesis: Estimating the Altitude of Clouds at the Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site

Defended: October 2018

BSc - Physics and Astronomy

Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS, Canada

Graduated: May 2016

Publications

Refereed

2024. "Iridescence Reveals the Formation and Growth of Ice Aerosols in Martian Noctilucent Clouds." Geophysical Research Letters 51 (23): [10.1029/2024gl111183] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Results from the InSight atmospheric imaging campaign." Icarus 421 116248 [10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116248] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Three Years of ACB Phase Function Observations from the Mars Science Laboratory: Interannual and Diurnal Variability and Constraints on Ice Crystal Habit." The Planetary Science Journal 5 (3): 72 [10.3847/psj/ad2990] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Five Mars Years of Cloud Observations at Gale Crater: Opacities, Variability, and Ice Crystal Habits." The Planetary Science Journal 5 (2): 51 [10.3847/psj/ad2202] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Geometric Properties of Water-ice Clouds as Observed from Jezero Crater in the First 600 sols with the NavCam Instrument On Board the Mars2020 Rover, Perseverance." The Planetary Science Journal 4 (12): 226 [10.3847/psj/acfc35] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Thermal Forcing of the Nocturnal Near Surface Environment by Martian Water Ice Clouds." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 126 (12): [10.1029/2020je006737] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "A self-supervised learning based approach to analyze Martian water–ice cloud properties for planetary atmospheric applications." Acta Astronautica 181 1-13 [10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.12.041] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Collision‐Induced Absorption of CH4‐CO2 and H2‐CO2 Complexes and Their Effect on the Ancient Martian Atmosphere." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 125 (12): [10.1029/2019je006357] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Estimating the altitudes of Martian water-ice clouds above the Mars Science Laboratory rover landing site." Planetary and Space Science 182 104785 [10.1016/j.pss.2019.104785] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Constraints on Mars Aphelion Cloud Belt phase function and ice crystal geometries." Planetary and Space Science 168 62-72 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2019.01.005] [Journal Article/Letter]

Talks, Presentations and Posters

Other

MAPLE, a Simple Optical Meteorological Station for Mars

2022

Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI) Conference

Wind Direction Record of Aerosols as Observed by The Mars Science Laboratory

2022

Mars Atmospheric Modelling and Observation (MAMO) Workshop