Whitten, Jennifer L.

National Air and Space Museum staff

Positions

Research Geologist, Earth and Planetary Studies 2023 -

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Selected Publications

Article
- Head, James W., Wilson, Lionel, Hiesinger, Harald, Van Der Bogert, Carolyn, Chen, Yuan, Dickson, James L., Gaddis, Lisa R., Haruyama, Junichi, Jawin, Erica R., Jozwiak, Lauren M., Li, Chunlai, Liu, Jianzhong, Morota, Tomokatsu, Needham, Debra H., Ostrach, Lillian R., Pieters, Carle M., Prissel, Tabb C., Qian, Yuqi, Qiao, Le, Rutherford, Malcolm R., Scott, David R., Whitten, Jennifer L., Xiao, Long, Zhang, Feng, and Ziyuan, Ouyang. 2023. "Lunar Mare Basaltic Volcanism: Volcanic Features and Emplacement Processes." Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 89, (1) 453–507. https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2023.89.11. 2023
- Martin, Emily S., Whitten, Jennifer L., Kattenhorn, Simon A., Collins, Geoffrey C., Southworth, Ben S., Wiser, Lindsey S., and Prindle, Shannen. 2023. "Measurements of regolith thicknesses on Enceladus: Uncovering the record of plume activity." Icarus, 392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115369. 2023
- Whitten, J. L. and Campbell, Bruce A. 2023. "Tesserae: Surface differences across Venus’s continents." Geology, https://doi.org/10.1130/G51065.1. 2023
- Abu Hashmeh, N., Whitten, J. L., Russell, A. T., Putzig, N. E., and Campbell, Bruce A. 2022. "Comparable Bulk Radar Attenuation Characteristics Across Both Martian Polar Layered Deposits." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 127, (11). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007566. 2022
- Campbell, Bruce A. and Whitten, Jennifer L. 2022. "Crater Ejecta Across Maxwell Montes, Venus, and Possible Effects on Future Rock Type Measurements." Geophysical Research Letters, 49, (9). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL096446. 2022
- Whitten, Jennifer and Campbell, Bruce A. 2022. "Roughness Variations in Venus Tesserae: Influence of Crater Ejecta and Inherent Differences in Surface Morphology." Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10510714.1. 2022
- Jawin, Erica R., Campbell, Bruce A., Whitten, Jennifer L., and Morgan, Gareth A. 2022. "The lateral continuity and vertical arrangement of dust layers in the martian north polar cap from SHARAD multiband data." Geophysical Research Letters, 49, (17). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099896. 2022
- Whitten, Jennifer L., Campbell, Bruce A., and Plaut, Jeffrey J. 2020. "The ice content of the Dorsa Argentea Formation from radar sounder data." Geophysical Research Letters, 47, (23) Article e2020GL090705. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090705. 2020
- Whitten, Jennifer L. and Martin, Emily S. 2019. "Icelandic Pit Chains as Planetary Analogs: Using Morphologic Measurements of Pit Chains to Determine Regolith Thickness." Journal of Geophysical Research. E. Planets, 124, (11) 2983–2999. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JE006099. 2019
- Campbell, Bruce A., Campbell, Donald B., Carter, Lynn M., Chandler, John F., Giorgini, Jon D., Margot, Jean-Luc, Morgang, Gareth A., Nolan, Michael C., Perillat, Phillip J., and Whitten, Jennifer L. 2019. "The mean rotation rate of Venus from 29 years of Earth-based radar observations." Icarus, 332 19–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.06.019. 2019
- Campbell, Bruce A., Weitz, Catherine M., Whitten, Jennifer L., and Morgan, Gareth A. 2018. "Evidence for Impact Melt Sheets in Lunar Highland Smooth Plains and Implications for Polar Landing Sites." Icarus, 314 294–298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.05.025. 2018
- Whitten, Jennifer L. and Campbell, Bruce A. 2018. "Lateral continuity of layering in the Mars South Polar Layered Deposits from SHARAD sounding data." Journal of Geophysical Research. E. Planets, 123, (6) 1541–1554. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JE005578. 2018
- Campbell, Bruce A., Schroeder, Dustin M., and Whitten, Jennifer L. 2018. "Mars radar clutter and surface roughness characteristics from MARSIS data." Icarus, 299 22–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2017.07.011. 2018
- Whitten, Jennifer L., Campbell, Bruce A., and Morgan, Gareth A. 2017. "A subsurface depocenter in the South Polar Layered Deposits of Mars." Geophysical Research Letters, 44, (16) 8188–8195. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074069. 2017
- Suer, Terry-Ann, Padovan, Sebastiano, Whitten, Jennifer, Potter, Ross W. K., Shkolyar, Svetlana, Cable, Morgan, Walker, Catherine, Szalay, Jamey, Parker, Charles, Cumbers, John, Gentry, Diana, Harrison, Tanya, Naidu, Shantanu, Trammel, Harold, Reimuller, Jason, Budney, Charles J., and Lowes, Leslie L. 2017. "FIRE - Flyby of Io with Repeat Encounter: A conceptual design for a New Frontiers mission to Io." Advances in Space Research, 60, (5) 1080–1100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2017.05.019. 2017
- Campbell, Bruce A., Morgan, Gareth A., Whitten, Jennifer L., Carter, Lynn M., Glaze, Lori S., and Campbell, Donald B. 2017. "Pyroclastic flow deposits on Venus as indicators of renewed magmatic activity: Pyroclastic Flow Deposits on Venus." Journal of Geophysical Research. E. Planets, 122, (7) 1580–1596. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JE005299. 2017
- Smith, David E., Zuber, Maria T., Neumann, Gregory A., Mazarico, Erwan, Lemoine, Frank G., Head, James W., Lucey, Paul G., Aharonson, Oded, Robinson, Mark S., Sun, Xiaoli, Torrence, Mark H., Barker, Michael K., Oberst, Juergen, Duxbury, Thomas C., Mao, Dandan, Barnouin, Olivier S., Jha, Kopal, Rowlands, David D., Goossens, Sander, Baker, David, Bauer, Sven, Gläser, Philipp, Lemelin, Myriam, Rosenburg, Margaret, Sori, Michael M. et al. 2017. "Summary of the Results from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter after Seven Years in Lunar Orbit." Icarus, 283 70–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.06.006. 2017
- Prissel, Tabb C., Whitten, Jennifer L., Parman, Stephen W., and Head, James W. 2016. "On the Potential for Lunar Highlands Mg-suite Extrusive Volcanism & Implications Concerning Crustal Evolution." Icarus, 277 319–329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.018. 2016
- Whitten, Jennifer L. and Campbell, Bruce A. 2016. "Recent volcanic resurfacing of Venusian craters." Geology, 44, (7) 519–522. https://doi.org/10.1130/G37681.1. 2016
- Ostrach, Lillian R., Robinson, Mark S., Whitten, Jennifer L., Fassett, Caleb I., Strom, Robert G., Head, James W., and Solomon, Sean C. 2015. "Extent, Age, and Resurfacing History of the Northern Smooth Plains on Mercury from MESSENGER Observations." Icarus, 250 602–622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2014.11.010. 2015
- Whitten, Jennifer and Head, James W. 2015. "Lunar cryptomaria: Mineralogy and Composition of Ancient Volcanic Deposits." Planetary and Space Science, 106 67–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2014.11.027. 2015
- Whitten, Jennifer L. and Head, James W. 2015. "Lunar cryptomaria: Physical characteristics, distribution, and implications for ancient volcanism." Icarus, 247 150–171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2014.09.031. 2015
- Whitten, Jennifer L. and Head, James W. 2015. "Rembrandt impact basin: Distinguishing between volcanic and impact-produced plains on Mercury." Icarus, 350–365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2015.06.022. 2015
- Denevi, Brett W., Ernst, Carolyn M., Meyer, Heather M., Robinson, Mark S., Murchie, Scott L., Whitten, Jennifer L., Head, James W., Watters, Thomas R., Solomon, Sean C., Ostrach, Lilian R., Chapman, Clark R., Byrne, Paul K., Klimczak, Christian, and Peplowski, Patrick N. 2013. "The distribution and origin of smooth plains on Mercury." Journal of Geophysical Research. E. Planets, 118, (5) 891–907. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgre.20075. 2013
- Head, James W., Chapman, Clark R., Strom, Robert G., Fassett, Caleb I., Denevi, Brett W., Blewett, David T., Ernst, Carolyn M., Watters, Thomas R., Solomon, Sean C., Murchie, Scott L., Prockter, Louise M., Chabot, Nancy L., Gillis-Davis, Jeffrey J., Whitten, Jennifer L., Goudge, Timothy A., Baker, David M. H., Hurwitz, Debra M., Ostrach, Lillian R., Xiao, Zhiyong, Merline, William J., Kerber, Laura, Dickson, James L., Oberst, Jürgen, Byrne, Paul K., Klimczak, Christian et al. 2011. "Flood Volcanism in the Northern High Latitudes of Mercury Revealed by MESSENGER." Science, 333, (6051) 1853–1856. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1211997. 2011
Blog Posting
- Whitten, Jennifer L. 2016. "Observing the Surface of Venus with the Arecibo Telescope." AIRSPACE BLOG: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum 2016
Dataset
- Whitten, Jennifer L. and Campbell, Bruce A. 2018. [Dataset] Incoherently Summed SHARAD Radargrams of the South Polar Layered Deposits, Mars. Distributed by Smithsonian Research Online. https://doi.org/10.25570/NASM/10088/35534. 2018
- Whitten, Jennifer L. and Campbell, Bruce A. 2017. [Dataset] Recent volcanic resurfacing of Venusian craters. Distributed by Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum. https://doi.org/10.5479/data_nasm/10088/31957. 2017

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