Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Joseph B. Nicholas

(RSCH AST, SOLID EARTH GEOPHYSICAL STD)

Joseph B. Nicholas's Contact Card & Information.
Email: joseph.b.nicholas@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.614.6510
Org Code: 61A
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 61A
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer:
NASA

Positions/Employment


Research Geophysicist

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD

2023 - Present


Scientist

Emergent Space Technologies - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

2011 - 2023

Publications


Refereed

2021. "ICESat‐2 Pointing Calibration and Geolocation Performance." Earth and Space Science 8 (3): [10.1029/2020ea001494] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "ICESat‐2 Precision Orbit Determination." Earth and Space Science 8 (4): [10.1029/2020ea001496] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "High-resolution gravity field models from GRAIL data and implications for models of the density structure of the Moon’s crust." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 125 (2): [10.1029/2019JE006086] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Advanced Illumination Modeling for Data Analysis and Calibration. Application to the Moon." Advances in Space Research 62 (11): 3214-3228 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.asr.2018.08.022] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Recovery of Bennu's Orientation for the OSIRIS-REx Mission: Implications for the Spin State Accuracy and Geolocation Errors." Journal of Geodesy 91 (10): 1141-1161 [Full Text] [10.1007/s00190-017-1058-2] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Evidence for a Low Bulk Crustal Density for Mars from Gravity and Topography." Geophysical Research Letters 44 (15): 7686–7694 [Full Text] [10.1002/2017GL074172] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "High-resolution local gravity model of the south pole of the Moon from GRAIL extended mission data." Geophys. Res. Lett. 41 (10): 3367-3374 [Full Text] [10.1002/2014GL060178] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "GRGM900C: A degree-900 lunar gravity model from GRAIL primary and extended mission data." Geophys. Res. Lett. 41 (10): 3382-3389 [Full Text] [10.1002/2014GL060027] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "The effect of seasonal and long-period geopotential variations on the GPS orbits." GPS Solutions [10.1007/s10291-013-0346-4] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "High-degree gravity models from GRAIL primary mission data." J. Geophys. Res.-Planets 118 1676-1698 [10.1002/jgre.20118] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Global spherical harmonic models of the internal magnetic field of the Moon based on sequential and coestimation approaches." Journal of Geophysical Research 115 E12007 [10.1029/2010JE003650] [Journal Article/Letter]

2007. "Age spot or youthful marking: Origin of Reiner Gamma." Geophysical Research Letters 34 (2): L02205 [10.1029/2006gl027794] [Journal Article/Letter]

Non-Refereed

2017. "Recovery of Bennu's Orientation for the OSIRIS-REx Mission." Proceedings of the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 20-24, 2017, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A. Paper # 1989 [Full Text] [Proceedings]

2016. "A global degree and order 1200 model of the lunar gravity field using GRAIL mission data." Proceedings of the 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 21-25, 2016, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A. Paper # 1484 [Full Text] [Proceedings]

2013. "Improved precision orbit determination of lunar orbiters from GRAIL-derived lunar gravity models." Spaceflight Mechanics 2013 (AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Feb. 10-14, 2013, Kauai, Hawaii), Advances in the Astronautical Sciences 148, Part II 1125-1141 [Proceedings]

2013. "Modeling and precise orbit determination in suport of gravity model development for the GRAIL mission." Spaceflight Mechanics 2013 (AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Feb. 10-14, 2013, Kauai, Hawaii), Advances in the Astronautical Sciences 148, Part II 1111-1123 [Proceedings]

2007. "The Reiner Gamma Albedo Marking on Earth's Moon: Old or Young." 38th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 12-16 March 2007, Houston, Texas Abstract # 1027 [Full Text] [Proceedings]