Brief Bio

RESEARCH AREAS
Planetary atmospheres, infrared spectroscopy, gas composition
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Planetary Sciences, Univ. of Arizona, 1985.
CURRENT POSITION and AWARDS
Space Scientist, NASA/GSFC Planetary Systems Laboratory 1986-date
Co-Investigator for the Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer 1990-2019
Juno Participating Scientist 2019-date
NASA/GSFC John C. Lindsay Award, 1996.

SELECTED RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS

Bjoraker, G. L., H. P. Larson, and V. G. Kunde 1986a. The Gas Composition of Jupiter Derived
from 5 Micron Airborne Spectroscopic Observations. Icarus 66, 579-609.
Bjoraker, G. L., H. P. Larson, and V. G. Kunde 1986b. The Abundance and Distribution of Water
Vapor in Jupiter's Atmosphere. Astrophys. J. 311, 1058-1072.
Bjoraker, G. L., S. R. Stolovy, T. L. Herter, G. E. Gull, and B. E. Pirger 1996. Detection of water
after the collision of fragments G and K of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter. Icarus
121, 411-421.
Bjoraker, G. L., M. H. Wong, I. de Pater, and M. Adamkovics 2015. Jupiter’s Deep Cloud Structure
Revealed Using Keck Observations of Spectrally Resolved Line Shapes. Astrophys. J. 810, 122-131.
Bjoraker, G. L., Wong, M. H., de Pater, I., Hewagama, T., Adamkovics, M., and Orton, G. S. 2018. The
Gas Composition and Deep Cloud Structure of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. Astron. J. 156, 101-115.
Cottini, V., and the CIRS team 2012. Water vapor in Titan’s stratosphere from Cassini CIRS
far-infrared spectra. Icarus 220, 855-862.
de Pater, I. ... Bjoraker, G. L. and 17 other co-authors 2019. First ALMA Millimeter Wavelength Maps
of Jupiter, with a Multi-Wavelength Study of Convection. Astron. J. 158, 139-155.
Hesman, B. E., G. L. Bjoraker, ... 2012. Elusive ethylene detected in Saturn’s northern storm region.
Astrophys. J. 760:24, 1-7.
Jennings, D. E., … G. L. Bjoraker, … 2017. Composite infrared spectrometer (CIRS) on Cassini.
Applied Optics 56, 5274.
Lellouch, E., B. Bezard, D. F. Strobel, G. L. Bjoraker, F. M. Flasar, and P. N. Romani 2006. On the
HCN and CO2 abundance and distribution in Jupiter’s stratosphere. Icarus 184, 478-497.
Pierel, J. D. R., … G. L. Bjoraker, … 2017. D/H ratios on Saturn and Jupiter from Cassini CIRS,
Astron. J. 154, 178.
Skemer, A. J., …G. L. Bjoraker, … 2016. The first spectrum of the coldest brown dwarf.
Astrophys. J. Let. 826, L17.
Sylvestre M., … G. L. Bjoraker 2015. Seasonal changes in Saturn’s stratosphere inferred from
Cassini/CIRS limb observations. Icarus 258, 224-238.
 

Publications

Refereed

Zhang, Z., V. Adumitroaie, M. Allison, et al. J. Arballo, S. Atreya, G. Bjoraker, S. Bolton, S. Brown, L. N. Fletcher, T. Guillot, S. Gulkis, A. Hodges, A. Ingersoll, M. Janssen, S. Levin, C. Li, L. Li, J. Lunine, S. Misra, G. Orton, F. Oyafuso, P. Steffes, and M. H. Wong. 2020. "Residual Study: Testing Jupiter Atmosphere Models Against Juno MWR Observations." Earth and Space Science 7 (9): [10.1029/2020ea001229]

Wong, M. H., A. A. Simon, J. W. Tollefson, et al. I. de Pater, M. N. Barnett, A. I. Hsu, A. W. Stephens, G. S. Orton, S. W. Fleming, C. Goullaud, W. Januszewski, A. Roman, G. L. Bjoraker, S. K. Atreya, A. Adriani, and L. N. Fletcher. 2020. "High-resolution UV/Optical/IR Imaging of Jupiter in 2016–2019." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 247 (2): 58 [10.3847/1538-4365/ab775f]

Holler, B. J., S. N. Milam, J. M. Bauer, et al. C. Alcock, M. T. Bannister, G. L. Bjoraker, C. A. Nixon, A. A. Simon, and L. C. Quick. 2018. "Solar system science with the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope." Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 4 (03): 1 [10.1117/1.jatis.4.3.034003]

Nixon, C. A., R. K. Achterberg, M. Ádámkovics, et al. B. Bézard, G. L. Bjoraker, T. Cornet, A. G. Hayes, E. Lellouch, M. T. Lemmon, M. López-Puertas, S. Rodriguez, C. Sotin, N. A. Teanby, E. P. Turtle, and R. A. West. 2016. "Titan Science with theJames Webb Space Telescope." Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 128 (959): 018007 [10.1088/1538-3873/128/959/018007]

Hesman, B. E., G. L. Bjoraker, P. V. Sada, et al. R. K. Achterberg, D. E. Jennings, P. N. Romani, A. W. Lunsford, L. N. Fletcher, R. J. Boyle, A. A. Simon-Miller, P. G. Irwin, and C. A. Nixon. 2012. "Elusive Ethylene Detected in Saturn's Northern Storm Region." Astrophysical Journal 760:24 [10.1088/0004-637X/760/1/24]

Fletcher, L. N., B. E. Hesman, R. K. Achterberg, et al. P. Irwin, G. L. Bjoraker, N. J. Gorius, J. Hurley, J. Sinclair, G. Orton, J. Legarreta, E. Garcia-Melendo, A. Sanchez-Levega, P. L. Read, A. A. Simon-Miller, and F. M. Flasar. 2012. "The Origin and Evolution of Saturn's 2011-2012 Stratospheric Vortex." Icarus 221 560-586 [10.1016/j.icarus.2012.08.024]

Fletcher, L. N., B. E. Hesman, P. Irwin, et al. K. H. Baines, T. W. Momary, A. Sanchez-Lavega, F. M. Flasar, P. L. Read, G. S. Orton, A. Simon-Miller, R. Hueso, G. Bjoraker, A. Mamoutkine, T. del Rio-Gaztelurrutia, J. M. Gomez, R. H. Brown, B. Buratti, R. N. Clark, P. D. Nicholson, and C. Sotin. 2011. "Thermal Structure and Dynamics of Saturn’s Northern Springtime Disturbance." Science 332 1413-1417.

Vinatier, S., B. Bézard, C. A. Nixon, et al. A. Mamoutkine, R. C. Carlson, D. E. Jennings, E. A. Guandique, N. A. Teanby, G. L. Bjoraker, F. Michael Flasar, and V. G. Kunde. 2010. "Analysis of Cassini/CIRS limb spectra of Titan acquired during the nominal mission." Icarus 205 (2): 559-570 [10.1016/j.icarus.2009.08.013]

Li, L., B. J. Conrath, P. J. Gierasch, et al. R. K. Achterberg, C. A. Nixon, A. A. Simon-Miller, F. M. Flasar, D. Banfield, K. H. Baines, R. A. West, A. A. Ingersoll, A. R. Vasavada, A. D. Del Genio, C. C. Porco, A. A. Mamoutkine, M. E. Segura, G. L. Bjoraker, H. S. Orton, L. N. Fletcher, P. G. Irwin, and P. L. Read. 2010. "Saturn's emitted power." J Geophys Res 115 (E11): E11002 [10.1029/2010JE003631]

Jennings, D. E., P. N. Romani, G. L. Bjoraker, et al. P. V. Sada, C. A. Nixon, A. W. Lunsford, R. J. Boyle, B. E. Hesman, and G. H. McCabe. 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]