Personnel Biographies
Tanya Harrison, Assistant Staff Scientist
Tanya Harrison’s research interests include Martian geomorphology and spectroscopy (“Mars is too interesting to be any more specific than that!”). She has also done work in astronomical spectroscopy and photometry,
including the study of recurrent novae, diffuse interstellar bands, and star cluster metallicity. She has a B.Sc. in Astronomy and Physics from the University of Washington (2006)
and a Master’s degree from Wesleyan University in Earth and Environmental Sciences (2008). She began working for MSSS in August 2008 as a member of the science operations team
for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Context Camera (CTX) and Mars Color Imager (MARCI). Her main duties are targeting the CTX camera, gully monitoring, and writing
MARCI weather reports. E-mail: harrison [at] msss.com
PUBLICATIONS:
Distrubution of Mid-Latitude Ground Ice on Mars from New Impact Craters
Byrne, S., C. M. Dundas, M. R. Kennedy, M. T. Mellon, A. S. McEwen, S. C. Cull, I. J. Daubar, D. E. Shean, K. D. Seelos, S. L. Murchie, B A. Cantor, R. E. Arvidson,
K. S. Edgett, A. Reufer, N. Thomas, T. N. Harrison, L. V. Posiolova, and F. P. Seelos(2009). Science, vol 325, 1674-1676.
doi:10.1126/science.1175307
The Metallicity and Lithium Abundances of the Recurring Novae T CrB and RS Oph
Wallerstein, G., T. Harrison, U. Munari, and A. Vanture (2008). Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 120, Issue 867, pp. 492-497.
doi:10.1086/587965
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ABSTRACTS:
Liquid Water on the Surface of Mars Today: Present Gully Activity Observed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) and Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) and Direction for Future Missions
Harrison, T. N., M. C. Malin, and K. S. Edgett (2009). Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract #P43D-1454.
Present-day activity, monitoring, and documentation of gullies with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
(MRO) Context Camera (CTX)
Harrison, T. N., M. C. Malin, and K. S. Edgett (2009). Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 267.
Present-day gully activity observed by the Mars Reconaissance Orbiter (MRO) Context Camera (CTX)
Harrison, Tanya, M. C. Malin, and K. S. Edgett (2009). Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, v. 41, n. 3, p. 1113, abstract 57.03.
Excavation of Subsurface Ice on Mars by New Impact Craters
Byrne, S., C. M. Dundas, M. R. Kennedy, M. Mellon, D. Shean, I. Daubar, S. Cull, K. D. Seelos, S. Murchie, B. Cantor, R. E. Arvidson, K. Edgett, A. McEwen,
T. Harrison, L. Posiolova, F. P. Seelos, and the HiRISE, CTX, and CRISM teams (2009). 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, abstract #1831.
Experimental VNIR Reflectance Spectroscopy of Gypsum Dehydration: Constraints on Sulfate Composition at Iani Chaos, Mars
Harrison, T. N., M. S. Gilmore, and J. P. Greenwood (2008). 39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, abstract #1879.
Modeling Ground Ice Recharge in the Antarctic Dry Valleys Using In Situ and Satellite Data
Harrison, T. N., D. P. Winebrenner, R. S. Sletten, B. Hagedorn, B. Hallet, C. P. McKay, and J. Putokonen (2006).
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2006, abstract #P31A-0123.
The Metallicity and Lithium Abundances in the Repeating Novae, RS Oph and T CrB
Wallerstein, G., T. Harrison, and U. Munari (2006).
2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #182.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.1160.
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OTHER DOCUMENTS:
Avire Crater: Gullies, Dunes, and Potential Paleolake
Harrison, T. N. (2009). Submitted for the 2009 call for future Mars landing sites.
Recent Gully Activity in Kamnik and Naruko Craters
Harrison, T. N. (2009). Submitted for the 2009 call for future Mars landing sites.
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THESIS:
Origin and Composition of the Light-Toned Layered Deposits in Iani Chaos, Mars.
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