Planetary Systems Laboratory
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Kelly Fast
Planetary Systems Laboratory
NASA/GSFC, Code 693.0 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone: (301) 286-7689 Email: Kelly Fast |
Current Position
- Astrophysicist, Planetary Systems Laboratory
Education
2005, Ph.D., Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park
1993, M.S., Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park
1990, B.S., Astrophysics, University of California, Los Angeles
Professional Experience
2001-2005, Student Trainee - Astronomy, NASA/GSFC
1993-2001, Faculty Research Assistant at NASA/GSFC, University of Maryland, Dept. of Astronomy
1992, Research Assistant at NASA/GSFC, U. of Maryland, Dept. of Astronomy
1990-1992, Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland, Dept. of Astronomy
1988-1990 (academic year), Research Assistant, Plasma Physics Lab., UCLA
1988-1989 (summer), Summer Student, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Memberships:
American Geophysical Union
Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society
Selected Publications
2009 Fast, K. E., T. Kostiuk, F. Lefèvre, T. Hewagama, T. A. Livengood, J. D. Delgado, J. Annen and G. Sonnabend 2009. Comparison of HIPWAC and Mars Express SPICAM observations of ozone on Mars 2006-2008 and variation from 1993 IRHS observations, Icarus, 203, 20-27, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.05.005.
2008 Lefêvre, F., J.-L. Bertaux, R. T. Clancy, T. Encrenaz, K. Fast, F. Forget, S. Lebonnois, F. Montmessin and S. Perrier 2008. Heterogeneous chemistry in the atmosphere of Mars, Nature, 454, 971-975, doi:10.1038/nature07116.
2008 Hewagama, T., J. Goldstein, T. Livengood, D. Buhl, F. Espenak, K. Fast, Th. Kostiuk, and F. Schmülling 2008. Beam integrated high-resolution infrared spectra: Accurate modeling of thermal emission from extended clear atmospheres. JQSRT 109, 1081-1097 doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.12.022.
2006 Fast, K. E., T. Kostiuk, T. Hewagama, M. F. A'Hearn, T. Livengood, S. Lebonnois and F. Lefèvre. Ozone abundance on Mars from infrared heterodyne spectra II: Validating photochemical models. Icarus, 183, 396-402, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.03.012.
2006 Fast, K. E., T. Kostiuk, F. Espenak, J. Annen, D. Buhl, T. Hewagama, M. F. A'Hearn, D. Zipoy, T. A. Livengood, G. Sonnabend and F. Schmülling. Ozone abundance on Mars from infrared heterodyne spectra I: Acquisition, retrieval, and anticorrelation with water vapor. Icarus, 181, 419-431, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2005.12.001.
2006 Livengood, T. A., Th. Kostiuk, G. Sonnabend, J. N. Annen, K. E. Fast, A. Tokunaga, K. Murakawa, T. Hewagama, F. Schmülling, R. Schieder. High-resolution infrared spectroscopy of ethane in Titan's stratosphere in the Huygens epoch. J. Geophys. Res., 111, E11, doi:10.1029/2005JE002669.
2006 Sonnabend, G., M. Sornig, P. Krötz, R. T. Schieder and K. E. Fast. High Spatial Resolution Mapping of Mars Mesospheric Zonal Winds by Infrared Heterodyne Spectroscopy of CO2. Geophy. Res. Lett., 33, L18201, doi:10.1029/2006GL026900.
2006 Kostiuk, T., T. A. Livengood, G. Sonnabend, K. E. Fast, T. Hewagama, K. Murakawa, A. T. Tokunaga, J. Annen, D. Buhl, F. Schmülling, D. Luz, O. Witasse. Stratospheric zonal winds on Titan at the time of Huygens decent. J. Geophys. Res., 111, E07S03, doi:10.1029/2005JE002630.
2005 Fast, K. E. Mars ozone abundances from infrared heterodyne spectra and their application to study of the stability of the Martian atmosphere. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Maryland.
2004 Fast, K. E., T. Kostiuk, F. Espenak, T. A. Livengood, T. Hewagama, M. F. A'Hearn. Stratospheric ozone profiles from Mauna Kea, Hawai'i (19.8oN, 155.5oW) using infrared heterodyne spectroscopy, 1988-2003. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, No. 8, L08109.
2002 Livengood, T., T. Hewagama, T. Kostiuk, K. Fast, J. Goldstein. Improved determination of ethane (C2H6) abundance in Titan's stratosphere. Icarus 157, 249-253.
2002 Fast, K., T. Kostiuk, P. Romani, F. Espenak, T. Hewagama, A. Betz, R. Boreiko, T. Livengood. Temporal behavior of stratospheric ammonia abundance and temperature following the SL9 impacts. Icarus 156, 485-497.
2001 Kostiuk, T., K. Fast, T. A. Livengood, T. Hewagama, J. Goldstein, F. Espenak, and D. Buhl. Direct measurement of winds on Titan. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 2361-2364.
1999 Livengood, T., K. Fast, T. Kostiuk, F. Espenak, D. Buhl, J. Goldstein, T. Hewagama, and K. H. Ro. Refraction by the Earth's atmosphere near 12 microns, PASP, 111, 512.
1997 Kostiuk, T., K. Fast, T. A. Livengood, J. Goldstein, T. Hewagama, D. Buhl, F. Espenak, and K. H. Ro. Ethane abundance on Titan. Planet. Space Sci. 45, 931-939.
1997 Deming, D., D. Reuter, D. Jennings, G. Bjoraker, G. McCabe, K. Fast, and G. Wiedemann. Observations and analysis of longitudinal thermal waves on Jupiter, Icarus 126, 301-312.
1996 Kostiuk, T., D. Buhl, F. Espenak, P. Romani, G. Bjoraker, K. Fast, T. Livengood, and D. Zipoy. Stratospheric ammonia on Jupiter after the SL9 collisions. Icarus 121, 431-441.
1995 Orton, G. and 57 colleagues (including K. Fast). Collision of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter observed by the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, Science 267, 1277-1288.
