Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Paul N Romani

((AST, PLANETARY STUDIES))

Paul N Romani's Contact Card & Information.
Email: paul.n.romani@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.286.1525
Org Code: 693
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 693
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer:
NASA

Brief Bio


2018 – Operations team member for Juno MAG

1990 – 2018 Co–Investigator for the Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer

1990 – 2018 Operations team member for the Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer

Positions/Employment


National Research Council Associate

National Research Council - NASA–Goddard Space Flight Center

August 1986 - August Present


Senior Member of Technical Staff

Science Systems and Applications, Inc - NASA–Goddard Space Flight Center

August 1988 - August 1991


Astronome–Adjoint

CNRS - The Observatoire de Paris et Meudon, France

1990 - 1990


Space Scientist

NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center

1991 - Present

Teaching Experience


2005 – 2010 Instructor in the College Park Scholars Science, Discovery, & the Universe program at University of Maryland – College Park

Education


1986 Ph.D Atmospheric Science, The University of Michigan,
Thesis Title: Clouds and Methane Photochemical Hazes on the Outer Planets
1982 M.S. Atmospheric Science, The University of Michigan
1981 B.S. Astronomy, With High Honors and Distinction, The University of Michigan

Professional Societies


American Geophysical Union

1986 - Present


Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society

1986 - Present


Tau Beta Pi

1985 - Present

Awards


Robert H. Goddard Award for Exceptional Achievement & Enabling Support, 2016

Selected Publications


Refereed

2023. "Cassini Composite InfraRed Spectrometer: correcting an offset error and refining the pointing parameters for the mid-infrared detectors." Applied Optics 62 (22): 5882-5888 [10.1364/ao.491970] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) Observations of Titan 2004–2017." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 244 (1): 14 [10.3847/1538-4365/ab3799] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Titan Surface Temperatures during the Cassini Mission." The Astrophysical Journal 877 (1): L8 [10.3847/2041-8213/ab1f91] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Composite infrared spectrometer (CIRS) on Cassini: publisher’s note." Applied Optics 56 (21): 5897 [10.1364/ao.56.005897] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Composite infrared spectrometer (CIRS) on Cassini." Applied Optics 56 (18): 5274 [10.1364/ao.56.005274] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "SURFACE TEMPERATURES ON TITAN DURING NORTHERN WINTER AND SPRING." The Astrophysical Journal 816 (1): L17 [10.3847/2041-8205/816/1/l17] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Fresh clouds: A parameterized updraft method for calculating cloud densities in one-dimensional models." Icarus 245 273-281 [10.1016/j.icarus.2014.09.042] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "EVOLUTION OF THE STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OVER ONE TITANIAN YEAR." The Astrophysical Journal 779 (2): 177 [10.1088/0004-637x/779/2/177] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "FIRST OBSERVATION IN THE SOUTH OF TITAN'S FAR-INFRARED 220 cm –1 CLOUD." The Astrophysical Journal 761 (1): L15 [10.1088/2041-8205/761/1/l15] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "THERMAL AND CHEMICAL STRUCTURE VARIATIONS IN TITAN'S STRATOSPHERE DURING THECASSINIMISSION." The Astrophysical Journal 760 (2): 144 [10.1088/0004-637x/760/2/144] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Elusive Ethylene Detected in Saturn's Northern Storm Region." Astrophysical Journal 760:24 [10.1088/0004-637X/760/1/24] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "ISOTOPIC RATIOS IN TITAN's METHANE: MEASUREMENTS AND MODELING." The Astrophysical Journal 749 (2): 159 [10.1088/0004-637x/749/2/159] [Journal Article/Letter]

2011. "SEASONAL CHANGES IN TITAN'S SURFACE TEMPERATURES." The Astrophysical Journal 737 (1): L15 [10.1088/2041-8205/737/1/l15] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Abundances of Jupiter's trace hydrocarbons from Voyager and Cassini." Planetary and Space Science 58 (13): 1667-1680 [10.1016/j.pss.2010.05.008] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Titan trace gaseous composition from CIRS at the end of the Cassini–Huygens prime mission." Icarus 207 (1): 461-476 [10.1016/j.icarus.2009.11.027] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Upper limits for undetected trace species in the stratosphere of Titan." Faraday Discussions 147 65 [10.1039/c003771k] [Journal Article/Letter]

2009. "12C/13C Ratio in Ethane on Titan and Implications for Methane’s Replenishment†." The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 113 (42): 11101-11106 [10.1021/jp903637d] [Journal Article/Letter]

2009. "TandEM: Titan and Enceladus mission." Experimental Astronomy 23 893 [Full Text] [10.1007/s10686-008-9103-z] [Journal Article/Letter]

2009. "TITAN'S SURFACE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES." The Astrophysical Journal 691 (2): L103-L105 [10.1088/0004-637x/691/2/l103] [Journal Article/Letter]

2008. "Detection of C2HD and the D/H ratio on Titan." Icarus 197 (2): 539-548 [10.1016/j.icarus.2008.06.003] [Journal Article/Letter]

2008. "Isotopic Ratios in Titan's Atmosphere fromCassiniCIRS Limb Sounding: HC3N in the North." The Astrophysical Journal 681 (2): L109-L111 [10.1086/590534] [Journal Article/Letter]

2008. "Isotopic Ratios in Titan's Atmosphere fromCassiniCIRS Limb Sounding: CO2at Low and Midlatitudes." The Astrophysical Journal 681 (2): L101-L103 [10.1086/590553] [Journal Article/Letter]

2008. "The 12C/13C isotopic ratio in Titan hydrocarbons from Cassini/CIRS infrared spectra." Icarus 195 (2): 778-791 [10.1016/j.icarus.2008.01.012] [Journal Article/Letter]

2007. "The composition of Titan's stratosphere from Cassini/CIRS mid-infrared spectra." Icarus 189 (1): 35-62 [10.1016/j.icarus.2006.12.022] [Journal Article/Letter]

2007. "Vertical abundance profiles of hydrocarbons in Titan's atmosphere at 15° S and 80° N retrieved from Cassini/CIRS spectra." Icarus 188 (1): 120-138 [10.1016/j.icarus.2006.10.031] [Journal Article/Letter]

2007. "Meridional Variations of C2H2 and C2H6 in Jupiter's Atmosphere from Cassini CIRS Infrared Spectra." Icarus 188 47-71. [10.1016/j.icarus.2006.11.016] [Journal Article/Letter]

2006. "Cassini Encounters Enceladus: Background and the Discovery of a South Polar Hot Spot." Science 311 (5766): 1401-1405 [10.1126/science.1121661] [Journal Article/Letter]

2005. "Titan's Atmospheric Temperatures, Winds, and Composition." Science 308 (5724): 975-978. [10.1126/science.1111150] [Journal Article/Letter]

2005. "Temperatures, Winds, and Composition in the Saturnian System." Science 307 (5713): 1247-1251 [10.1126/science.1105806] [Journal Article/Letter]

2004. "Jupiter's Atmospheric Composition from the Cassini Thermal Infrared Spectroscopy Experiment." Science 305 (5690): 1582-1586. [10.1126/science.1100240] [Journal Article/Letter]

2004. "The Nitrogen Isotopic Ratio in Jupiter’s Atmosphere from Observations by the Composite Infrared Spectrometer on theCassiniSpacecraft." The Astrophysical Journal 602 (2): 1063-1074 [10.1086/381084] [Journal Article/Letter]

2004. "An Intense Stratospheric Jet on Jupiter." Nature 427 132-135 [10.1038/nature02142] [Journal Article/Letter]

2004. "Exploring the Saturn System in the Thermal Infrared: The Composite Infrared Spectrometer." Space Science Reviews 115 (1-4): 169-297 [10.1007/s11214-004-1454-9] [Journal Article/Letter]

1999. "Detection of C2H4 n Neptune from ISO/PHT-S observations." Astronomy and Astrophysics 350 L13-L17 [Journal Article/Letter]

1999. "Detection of the Methyl Radical on Neptune." The Astrophysical Journal 515 868-872 [Journal Article/Letter]

1996. "Stratospheric Ammonia on Jupiter after the SL9 Collision." Icarus 121 (2): 431-441 [10.1006/icar.1996.0098] [Journal Article/Letter]

1993. "Methane Photochemistry on Neptune: Ethane and Acetylene Mixing Ratios and Haze Production." Icarus 106 (2): 442-463 [10.1006/icar.1993.1184] [Journal Article/Letter]

1993. "Temperature and abundances in the Jovian auroral stratosphere: 2. Ethylene as a probe of the microbar region." Journal of Geophysical Research 98 (E10): 18823 [10.1029/93je01332] [Journal Article/Letter]

1993. "The kinetics of the formation of nitrile compounds in the atmospheres of Titan and Neptune." Journal of Geophysical Research 98 (E9): 17115 [10.1029/93je01789] [Journal Article/Letter]

1992. "Stratospheric ethane on Neptune: Comparison of groundbased and Voyager IRIS retrievals." Icarus 99 (2): 353-362 [10.1016/0019-1035(92)90151-v] [Journal Article/Letter]

1992. "Millimeter-wave observations of Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - CO and HCN on Neptune." The Astrophysical Journal 392 L99 [10.1086/186435] [Journal Article/Letter]

1992. "Voyager 2 ultraviolet spectrometer solar occultations at Neptune: Constraints on the abundance of methane in the stratosphere." Journal of Geophysical Research 97 (E7): 11681 [10.1029/92je00959] [Journal Article/Letter]

1991. "Possible microwave absorption by H2S gas in Uranus' and Neptune's atmospheres." Icarus 91 (2): 220-233 [10.1016/0019-1035(91)90020-t] [Journal Article/Letter]

1991. "Hydrocarbons in Neptune's stratosphere from Voyager infrared observations." Journal of Geophysical Research 96 (S01): 18961 [10.1029/91ja01930] [Journal Article/Letter]

1990. "Reanalysis of voyager 2 UVS occultations at Uranus: Hydrocarbon mixing ratios in the equatorial stratosphere." Icarus 88 (2): 448-464 [10.1016/0019-1035(90)90094-p] [Journal Article/Letter]

1990. "Ethane abundance on Neptune." Icarus 88 (1): 87-96 [10.1016/0019-1035(90)90178-c] [Journal Article/Letter]

1989. "Uranus deep atmosphere revealed." Icarus 82 (2): 288-313 [10.1016/0019-1035(89)90040-7] [Journal Article/Letter]

1989. "Stratospheric aerosols from CH4 Photochemistry on Neptune ." Geophysical Research Letters 16 (8): 941-944 [10.1029/gl016i008p00941] [Journal Article/Letter]

1989. "Neptune's deep atmosphere revealed." Geophysical Research Letters 16 (8): 933-936 [10.1029/gl016i008p00933] [Journal Article/Letter]

1987. "Nature of the stratospheric haze on Uranus: Evidence for condensed hydrocarbons." Journal of Geophysical Research 92 (A13): 15037-15065 [10.1029/ja092ia13p15037] [Journal Article/Letter]

1987. "The upper atmosphere of Uranus: EUV occultations observed by Voyager 2." JGR Space Physics 92 (A13): 15,093 - 15,109 [https://doi.org/10.1029/JA092iA13p15093] [Journal Article/Letter]