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Michael E. Summers
Researcher at George Mason University
Publications - 107
Citations - 4771
Michael E. Summers is an academic researcher from George Mason University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Atmosphere & Pluto. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 107 publications receiving 4383 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael E. Summers include United States Naval Research Laboratory & United States Department of the Navy.
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The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons.
S. A. Stern,Fran Bagenal,Kimberly Ennico,G. R. Gladstone,William M. Grundy,William B. McKinnon,J. M. Moore,Catherine B. Olkin,John R. Spencer,Harold A. Weaver,Leslie A. Young,Tom Andert,Jane M. Andrews,M. E. Banks,B. Bauer,Jeremy Bauman,Olivier S. Barnouin,Peter D. Bedini,K. B. Beisser,Ross A. Beyer,S. Bhaskaran,Richard P. Binzel,Emma Birath,Mike Bird,D. J. Bogan,Alice Bowman,Veronica J. Bray,M. Brozovic,C. Bryan,Matthew R. Buckley,Marc W. Buie,Bonnie J. Buratti,Stewart Bushman,Andrew B. Calloway,Brian Carcich,Andrew F. Cheng,Steven J. Conard,C. A. Conrad,Jason C. Cook,Dale P. Cruikshank,O. S. Custodio,C. M. Dalle Ore,C. C. Deboy,Zach Dischner,Philip J. Dumont,Alissa M. Earle,H. A. Elliott,J. Ercol,Carolyn M. Ernst,Tiffany J. Finley,Sarah H. Flanigan,Glen H. Fountain,M. J. Freeze,Thomas K. Greathouse,James L. Green,Yanping Guo,Matthias Hahn,Douglas P. Hamilton,Sarah A. Hamilton,Jennifer Hanley,A. Harch,H. M. Hart,Chris B. Hersman,A. Hill,Matthew E. Hill,David P. Hinson,Mark E. Holdridge,Mihaly Horanyi,Alan D. Howard,Carly Howett,Coralie D. Jackman,Robert A. Jacobson,D. E. Jennings,Joshua A. Kammer,H. K. Kang,David E. Kaufmann,Peter Kollmann,Stamatios M. Krimigis,David Y. Kusnierkiewicz,Tod R. Lauer,J. E. Lee,K. L. Lindstrom,Ivan Linscott,Carey M. Lisse,Allen W. Lunsford,V. A. Mallder,Nicole Martin,David J. McComas,Ralph L. McNutt,Douglas S. Mehoke,Thomas Mehoke,E. D. Melin,Max Mutchler,Derek S. Nelson,Francis Nimmo,Jorge I. Nunez,A. C. Ocampo,William M. Owen,Martin Paetzold,B. Page,Alex Parker,Joel Wm. Parker,Frederic Pelletier,J. Peterson,Nickalaus Pinkine,M. Piquette,Simon B. Porter,Silvia Protopapa,Jillian Redfern,Harold J. Reitsema,D. C. Reuter,James H. Roberts,Stuart J. Robbins,Gabe Rogers,Debi Rose,Kirby Runyon,Kurt D. Retherford,M. G. Ryschkewitsch,Paul M. Schenk,Eric Schindhelm,B. Sepan,Mark R. Showalter,Kelsi N. Singer,M. Soluri,Dale Stanbridge,Andrew J. Steffl,Darrell F. Strobel,T. Stryk,Michael E. Summers,Jamey Szalay,M. B. Tapley,A. Taylor,H. W. Taylor,Henry B. Throop,Constantine Tsang,G. L. Tyler,Orkan M. Umurhan,A. J. Verbiscer,M. H. Versteeg,Michael Vincent,R. W. Webbert,S. Weidner,G. Weigle,Oliver L. White,Karl Whittenburg,B. G. Williams,Kaj E. Williams,S. P. Williams,W. W. Woods,Amanda M. Zangari,Eric J. Zirnstein +150 more
TL;DR: The New Horizons encounter revealed that Pluto displays a surprisingly wide variety of geological landforms, including those resulting from glaciological and surface-atmosphere interactions as well as impact, tectonic, possible cryovolcanic, and mass-wasting processes.
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The atmosphere of Pluto as observed by New Horizons
G. R. Gladstone,S. A. Stern,Kimberly Ennico,Catherine B. Olkin,Harold A. Weaver,Leslie A. Young,Michael E. Summers,Darrell F. Strobel,David P. Hinson,Joshua A. Kammer,Alex Parker,Andrew J. Steffl,Ivan Linscott,Joel Wm. Parker,Andrew F. Cheng,D. C. Slater,M. H. Versteeg,Thomas K. Greathouse,Kurt D. Retherford,Kurt D. Retherford,Henry B. Throop,Nathaniel J. Cunningham,W. W. Woods,Kelsi N. Singer,Constantine Tsang,Eric Schindhelm,Carey M. Lisse,Michael L. Wong,Yuk L. Yung,Xun Zhu,Werner Curdt,Panayotis Lavvas,Eliot F. Young,G. L. Tyler +33 more
TL;DR: Moore et al. as discussed by the authors presented the complex surface features and geology of Pluto and its large moon Charon, including evidence of tectonics, glacial flow, and possible cryovolcanoes.
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The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission: Overview and early science results
James M. Russell,Scott M. Bailey,Larry L. Gordley,David W. Rusch,Mihaly Horanyi,Mark E. Hervig,Gary E. Thomas,Cora E. Randall,David E. Siskind,Michael H. Stevens,Michael E. Summers,Michael J. Taylor,Christoph R. Englert,Patrick J. Espy,William E. McClintock,Aimee W. Merkel +15 more
TL;DR: The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1:26:03 PDT on April 25, 2007 becoming the first satellite mission dedicated to the study of polar mesospheric clouds.
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First confirmation that water ice is the primary component of polar mesospheric clouds
Mark E. Hervig,Robert E. Thompson,Martin McHugh,Larry L. Gordley,James M. Russell,Michael E. Summers +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the Halogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE) was used to measure polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs) in the infrared for the first time.
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Three‐dimensional plasma simulation of Io's interaction with the Io plasma torus: Asymmetric plasma flow
TL;DR: In this paper, a three-dimensional, stationary, two-fluid plasma model for electrons and one ion species was developed to understand the local interaction of Io's atmosphere with the Io plasma torus and the formation of Io ionosphere.