Planetary magnetic fields, geophysics, comparative planetology, the role of magnetic fields as fingerprints of processes in planetary lithospheres and ionospheres
Positions and Appointments
Raytheon, Chief Scientist, Geodynamics, Geophysics, and Space Geodesy Program, within the Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
1976-1981 Geophysicist, USGS, Flagstaff, AZ
1984-1985 Chief Geologist, Phoenix Corp, McLean, VA
2000-2001 Invited Professor (2nd class), Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France
2002-present Mission Advisory Group, SWARM
2005-2008 Invited Professor, Univ de Nantes, France
Education
1976 - BS (Geophysics), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
1976 - MS (Planetary Science) California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
1984 - Ph.D (Geology) Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Publications
2008 Purucker, M., A global model of the internal magnetic field of the Moon based on Lunar Prospector magnetometer observations, in press, Icarus.
2007 Purucker, M., Sabaka, T., Le, G., Slavin, J.A., Strangeway, R.J., and Busby, C., Magnetic field gradients from the ST-5 constellation: Improving magnetic and thermal models of the lithosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett. 34, doi:10.1029/2007GL031739
2007 Purucker, M. Magnetic Anomaly map of the World, EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 88(25), 263.
2007 Purucker, M. and Whaler, K. Crustal Magnetism, Chapter 6, Volume 5: Geomagnetism, M. Kono (ed), Elsevier, Treatise on Geophysics, 195-237.
2005 Fox Maule, C., Purucker, M., Olsen, N., and Mosegaard K., Heat flux anomalies in Antarctica revealed by magnetic data, Science, 309, 464-467
2005 Whaler, K. and Purucker, M., A spatially continuous magnetization model for Mars, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 110, No. E9, E09001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004JE002393
2005 Purucker, M. and Ishihara, T., Magnetic images of the Sumatran region crust, EOS, Transactions of the American Geohysical Union, 86 (10), 101-102.
2004 Sabaka, T., Olsen, N., and Purucker, M., Extending Comprehensive Models of the Earth's Magnetic Field with Oersted and CHAMP data, Geophys. J. Int.,159, 521-547.
2002 Purucker, M., Langlais, B., Olsen, N., Hulot, G., Mandea, M., The southern edge of cratonic North America: Evidence from new satellite magnetometer observations, Geophys.Res.Lett., 29(15),8000, doi:10.1029/2001GL013645.
2000 Purucker , M., Ravat, D., Frey, H., Voorhies, C., Sabaka, T., and Acuna, M., An altitude-normalized magnetic map of Mars and its interpretation, Geophys. Res. Lett.., v. 27, 2449-2452.
1998 Purucker, M., R. Langel, M. Rajaram, and C. Raymond, Global magnetization models with a priori information, Journal of Geophysical Research, v.103, 2563-2584.
1996 Purucker, M., T. Sabaka, and R. Langel, Conjugate Gradient Analysis: A New Tool For Studying Satellite Magnetic Data Sets, Geophysical Research Letters, v. 23, p.507-510
1980 Purucker, M., Elston, D., and E.M. Shoemaker, Early Acquisition of Characteristic Magnetization In Red Beds of the Moenkopi Formation (Triassic), Gray Mountain, Arizona, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 85, p. 997 1012.
