Shane Byrne | Lunar and Planetary Laboratory & Department of Planetary Sciences

Shane Byrne | Lunar and Planetary Laboratory & Department of Planetary Sciences
Shane Byrne
Shane Byrne (He/Him)
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Kuiper 524
520-626-0407
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Sue Robison
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Ph.D., 2003, California Institute of Technology
Years with LPL:
2007 to present
Astrobiology
Photogrammetry
Planetary Analogs
Planetary Geophysics
Planetary Surfaces
Titan & Outer Solar System
I am interested in surface processes on planetary bodies throughout the solar system, especially those processes that affect, or are driven by, planetary ices. I enjoy working with a diverse group of graduate students and postdocs. Our areas of activity include Martian ice stability, polar stratigraphy and connection to past climates; Ceres ice, both cryovolcanic and as a source of water vapor; and ice-sublimation landforms on a variety of bodies.
Missions are a big part of what we do. I’m a co-Investigator on the
HiRISE
and
CaSSIS
cameras at Mars and a Guest Investigator on the
Dawn
mission at Ceres. I’m also the director of the
Space Imagery Center
, a NASA Regional Planetary Image Facility. We archive planetary spacecraft and telescopic data not available online and conduct many outreach events.
Bio
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Missions
Students
Postdocs
Research/Staff Scientists
Publications
Outreach
News
CV
Courses
Lectures
Honors & Awards
Current Grants
Linking climate and geology: The recent accumulation of north polar ice on Mars
Physical and chemical evolution of airless landscapes
Volatiles on Ceres
Climatic Implications Of Non-Perennial Martian Water Frosts
Support for the Space Imagery Center: A NASA Regional Planetary Image Facility
Digitization And Public Archiving Of The Surveyor Imaging Dataset
Cold-Lightweight Imagers for Europa (C-LIFE)
Current Spacecraft Involvement
Dawn
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
HiRISE (MRO)
Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Polar Lander
Surveyor Program
High Resolution Science Experiment (
HiRISE
): Acting-PI
Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (
CaSSIS
): Co-Investigator
Former Spacecraft Involvement
Dawn at Ceres
: Guest Investigator
High-Resolution Stereo Color Imager (HiSCI): Deputy-PI
Chronos Mars-scout proposal (2006) Co-Investigator
MOSAIC Mars-scout proposal (2006) Co-Investigator
Boreale Explorer Mars-scout proposal (2006) Co-Investigator
Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) (2002-2006)
MIT manned lunar exploration initiative (2004-2005)
Landing site selection, Mars Polar Lander (1999)
Current Graduate Students
Claire Cook (PTYS)
Euibin Kim (PTYS)
Christina Singh (PTYS)
Student Collaborations/Advising
Former Students
Patrick O'Brien, 2022 (Ph.D. PTYS)
Ali Bramson, 2018 (Ph.D. PTYS)
Margaret Landis, 2018 (Ph.D. PTYS)
Jonathan Bapst, 2018 (Ph.D. U. Washington)
Patricio Becerra, 2016 (Ph.D. PTYS)
Jamie Molaro, 2015 (Ph.D. PTYS)
Priyanka Sharma, 2012 (Ph.D. PTYS)
Serina Diniega, 2010 (Ph.D. Applied Mathematics)
Former Postdocs
Jonathan Bapst
Michael Sori
Current Research/Staff Scientists
Michael Sori
Based on Google Scholar and NASA ADS:
NASA ADS Author search: Shane Byrne
Recent refereed publications: Years 2019 through 2025
Hansen, C. J.,
Byrne, S.
, Calvin, W. M., Diniega, S., Dundas, C. M., Hayne, P. O.,
McEwen, A. S.
, McKeown, L. E., Piqueux, S., Portyankina, G., Schwamb, M. E., Titus, T. N., & Widmer, J. M. 2024, Icarus.
A comparison of CO₂ seasonal activity in Mars' northern and southern hemispheres
Landis, M. E., Dundas, C. M.,
McEwen, A. S.
, Daubar, I. J., Hayne, P. O.,
Byrne, S.
Sutton, S. S.
, Rangarajan, V. G., Tornabene, L. L., Britton, A., & Herkenhoff, K. E. 2024, Icarus.
New, dated small impacts on the South Polar Layered Deposits (SPLD), Mars, and implications for shallow subsurface properties
McEwen, A. S.,
Byrne, S.
, Hansen, C., Daubar, I. J.,
Sutton, S.
, Dundas, C. M.,
Bardabelias, N., Baugh, N.
, Bergstrom, J., Beyer, R.,
Block, K. M., Bray, V. J.
, Bridges, J. C.,
Chojnacki, M.
, Conway, S. J., Delamere, W. A., Ebben, T.,
Espinosa, A., Fennema, A.
, Grant, J.,
Gulick, V. C.
, Herkenhoff, K. E.,
Heyd, R., Leis, R.
, Ojha, L.,
Papendick, S., Schaller, C.
, Thomas, N., Tornabene, L. L., Weitz, C., & Wilson, S. A. 2024, Icarus.
The high-resolution imaging science experiment (HiRISE) in the MRO extended science phases (2009–2023)
Rangarajan, V. G., Tornabene, L. L., Osinski, G. R., Dundas, C. M., Beyer, R. A., Herkenhoff, K. E.,
Byrne, S.
, Heyd, R., Seelos, F. P., Munaretto, G., & Dapremont, A. 2024, Icarus.
Novel quantitative methods to enable multispectral identification of high-purity water ice exposures on Mars using High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) images
Zurek, Richard, Tamppari, Leslie, Johnston, M. Dan, Murchie, Scott,
McEwen, Alfred
Byrne, Shane
, Seu, Roberto, Putzig, Nathaniel, Kass, David, Malin, Michael, & Cantor, Bruce 2024, Icarus.
MRO overview: Sixteen years in Mars orbit
Izquierdo, K., Bramson, A. M., McClintock, T., Laferriere, K. L.,
Byrne, S.
, Bapst, J., & Smith, I. 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research.
Local ice mass balance rates via Bayesian analysis of Mars polar trough migration
Almeida, M., Read, M., Thomas, N., Cremonese, G., Becerra, P., Borrini, G.,
Byrne, S.
, Gruber, M., Heyd, R., Marriner, C. M., McArthur, G., McEwen, A. S., Pommerol, A., Perry, J., & Schaller, C. 2023, Planetary and Space Science.
Targeting and image acquisition of Martian surface features with TGO/CaSSIS
Dundas, Colin M., Mellon, Michael T., Posiolova, Liliya V., Miljković, Katarina, Collins, Gareth S., Tornabene, Livio L., Rangarajan, Vidhya Ganesh, Golombek, Matthew P., Warner, Nicholas H., Daubar, Ingrid J.,
Byrne, Shane,
McEwen, Alfred S., Seelos, Kimberly D., Viola, Donna, Bramson, Ali M., & Speth, Gunnar 2023, Geophysical Research Letters.
A Large New Crater Exposes the Limits of Water Ice on Mars
O'Brien, Patrick &
Byrne, Shane
2022, The Planetary Science Journal.
Degradation of the Lunar Surface by Small Impacts
O'Brien, Patrick &
Byrne, Shane
2022, The Planetary Science Journal.
Double Shadows at the Lunar Poles
Sutton, Sarah S., Chojnacki, Matthew, McEwen, Alfred S., Kirk, Randolph L., Dundas, Colin M., Schaefer, Ethan I., Conway, Susan J., Diniega, Serina, Portyankina, Ganna, Landis, Margaret E., Baugh, Nicole F., Heyd, Rodney,
Byrne, Shane
, Tornabene, Livio L., Ojha, Lujendra, & Hamilton, Christopher W. 2022, Remote Sensing.
Revealing Active Mars with HiRISE Digital Terrain Models
Perry, Jason E., Heyd, Rodney, Read, Matthew, Tornabene, Livio L., Sutton, Sarah S.,
Byrne, Shane
, Thomas, Nicolas, Fennema, Audrie, McEwen, Alfred, & Berry, Kristin 2022, Planetary and Space Science.
Geometric processing of TGO CaSSIS observations
Sori, Michael M., Becerra, Patricio, Bapst, Jonathan,
Byrne, Shane
, & McGlasson, Riley A. 2022, Geophysical Research Letters.
Orbital Forcing of Martian Climate Revealed in a South Polar Outlier Ice Deposit
Wei, Guangfei,
Byrne, Shane
, Li, Xiongyao, Feng, Jianqing, & Siegler, Matthew A. 2022, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
A New Method to Evaluate and Modify Chang'E-2 Microwave Radiometer Low-Frequency Data Constrained From Diviner Thermal Measurements
Dundas, Colin M., Becerra, Patricio,
Byrne, Shane
, Chojnacki, Matthew, Daubar, Ingrid J., Diniega, Serina, Hansen, Candice J., Herkenhoff, Kenneth E., Landis, Margaret E., McEwen, Alfred S., Portyankina, Ganna, & Valantinas, Adomas 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets).
Active Mars: A Dynamic World
O'Brien, P. &
Byrne, S.
2021, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets).
Physical and Chemical Evolution of Lunar Mare Regolith
Becerra, P.,
Byrne, S.
, Brown, A. J. 2021, Icarus
Corrigendum to "Transient bright "Halos" on the South Polar residual cap of mars: Implications for mass-balance" [Icarus 251 (2015) 211-225]
Dundas, C. M., Mellon, M. T., Conway, S. J., Daubar, I. J., Williams, K. E., Ojha, L., Wray, J. J., Bramson, A. M.,
Byrne, S.
, McEwen, A. S., Posiolova, L. V., Speth, G., Viola, D., Landis, M. E., Morgan, G. A., Pathare, A. V. 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets)
Widespread Exposures of Extensive Clean Shallow Ice in the Midlatitudes of Mars
Wei, Guangfei,
Byrne, Shane
, Li, Xiongyao, & Hu, Guoping 2020, The Planetary Science Journal.
Lunar Surface and Buried Rock Abundance Retrieved from Chang'E-2 Microwave and Diviner Data
Martellato, E., Bramson, A. M., Cremonese, G., Lucchetti, A., Marzari, F., Massironi, M., Re, C., &
Byrne, S.
2020, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets).
Martian Ice Revealed by Modeling of Simple Terraced Crater Formation
Cook, Claire,
Byrne, Shane
, d'Aubigny, Christian Drouet, Viola, Donna, Mikucki, Jill, & Ellis, Walther 2020, The Planetary Science Journal.
Detection Limits for Chiral Amino Acids Using a Polarization Camera
Cook, Claire W., Bramson, Ali M.,
Byrne, Shane
, Holt, John W., Christoffersen, Michael S., Viola, Donna, Dundas, Colin M., & Goudge, Timothy A. 2020, Icarus.
Sparse subsurface radar reflectors in Hellas Planitia, Mars
Smith, Isaac B., Hayne, Paul O.,
Byrne, Shane
, Becerra, Patricio, Kahre, Melinda, Calvin, Wendy, Hvidberg, Christine, Milkovich, Sarah, Buhler, Peter, Landis, Margaret, Horgan, Briony, Kleinböhl, Armin, Perry, Matthew R., Obbard, Rachel, Stern, Jennifer, Piqueux, Sylvain, Thomas, Nicolas, Zacny, Kris, Carter, Lynn, Edgar, Lauren, Emmett, Jeremy, Navarro, Thomas, Hanley, Jennifer, Koutnik, Michelle, Putzig, Nathaniel, Henderson, Bryana L., Holt, John W., Ehlmann, Bethany, Parra, Sergio, Lalich, Daniel, Hansen, Candice, Hecht, Michael, Banfield, Don, Herkenhoff, Ken, Paige, David A., Skidmore, Mark, Staehle, Robert L., & Siegler, Matthew 2020, Planetary and Space Science.
The Holy Grail: A road map for unlocking the climate record stored within Mars' polar layered deposits
Duarte, K. D., Schmidt, B. E., Chilton, H. T., Hughson, K. H. G., Sizemore, H. G., Ferrier, K. L., Buffo, J. J., Scully, J. E. C., Nathues, A., Platz, T., Landis, M.,
Byrne, S.
, Bland, M., Russell, C. T., & Raymond, C. A. 2019, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets).
Landslides on Ceres: Diversity and Geologic Context
Sori, Michael M., Bapst, Jonathan, Becerra, Patricio, &
Byrne, Shane
2019, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets).
Islands of ice on Mars and Pluto
Chilton, H. T., Schmidt, B. E., Duarte, K., Ferrier, K. L., Hughson, K. H. G., Scully, J. E. C., Wray, J. J., Sizemore, H. G., Nathues, A., Platz, T., Schorghofer, N., Schenk, P. M., Landis, M. E., Bland, M.,
Byrne, S.
, Russell, C. T. R., & Raymond, C. A. 2019, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets).
Landslides on Ceres: Inferences Into Ice Content and Layering in the Upper Crust
Bapst, J.,
Byrne, S.
, Bandfield, J. L., & Hayne, P. O. 2019, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets).
Thermophysical Properties of the North Polar Residual Cap using Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Bramson, A. M.,
Byrne, S.
, Bapst, J., Smith, I. B., & McClintock, T. 2019, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets).
A Migration Model for the Polar Spiral Troughs of Mars
Ruesch, O., Quick, L. C., Landis, M. E., Sori, M. M., Čadek, O., Brož, P., Otto, K. A., Bland, M. T.,
Byrne, S.
, Castillo-Rogez, J. C., Hiesinger, H., Jaumann, R., Krohn, K., McFadden, L. A., Nathues, A., Neesemann, A., Preusker, F., Roatsch, T., Schenk, P. M., Scully, J. E. C., Sykes, M. V., Williams, D. A., Raymond, C. A., & Russell, C. T. 2019, Icarus.
Bright carbonate surfaces on Ceres as remnants of salt-rich water fountains
Landis, M. E.,
Byrne, S.
, Combe, J. -Ph., Marchi, S., Castillo-Rogez, J., Sizemore, H. G., Schörghofer, N., Prettyman, T. H., Hayne, P. O., Raymond, C. A., & Russell, C. T. 2019, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets).
Water Vapor Contribution to Ceres' Exosphere From Observed Surface Ice and Postulated Ice-Exposing Impacts
Combe, Jean-Philippe, Raponi, Andrea, Tosi, Federico, De Sanctis, Maria Cristina, Carrozzo, Filippo Giacomo, Zambon, Francesca, Ammannito, Eleonora, Hughson, Kynan H. G., Nathues, Andreas, Hoffmann, Martin, Platz, Thomas, Thangjam, Guneshwar, Schorghofer, Norbert, Schröder, Stefan,
Byrne, Shane
, Landis, Margaret E., Ruesch, Ottaviano, McCord, Thomas B., Johnson, Katherine E., Singh, Sandeep Magar, Raymond, Carol A., & Russell, Christopher T. 2019, Icarus.
Exposed H₂O-rich areas detected on Ceres with the dawn visible and infrared mapping spectrometer
Dundas, C. M., McEwen, Alfred S., Diniega, S., Hansen, C. J.,
Byrne, S.
, & McElwaine, J. N. 2019, Geological Society of London Special Publications.
The formation of gullies on Mars today
Tracking the Seasons on Mars
- February 13, 2025
UArizona-Led HiRISE Camera Helped Guide Mars Rover to the Perfect Spot
- February 24, 2021
Mapping the Moon and Worlds Beyond
- July 16, 2019
Exploring A Desert Portal to Other Worlds
- July 8, 2019
How the UA Guided Men to the Moon
- June 26, 2019
Ceres Takes Life an Ice Volcano at a Time
- September 14, 2018
Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice
- January 12, 2018
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