Current Grants

• SESAR-LITE: Probing the Lunar Subsurface to Meet Artemis Science Goals, NASA Development and Advancement of Lunar Instrumentation (DALI), PI
• EnVision VenSAR Science Team Participation: Polarimetry and Interdisciplinary Science, NASA VenSAR Science Team, PI and Science Team Lead
• Geophysical Exploration Of the Dynamics and Evolution of the Solar System (GEODES), Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Co-I (PI is Nicholas Schmerr, U. Maryland).
• Investigating Possible Pyroclastic Deposits on Venus, NASA Solar System Workings (SSW), PI
• Space Exploration Synthetic Aperture Radar (SESAR): A Digital Beamforming Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar for Subsurface Imaging, NASA Maturation of Instruments for Solar System Exploration (MatISSE), PI

Current Spacecraft Involvement

• VenSAR, on EnVision, Science Team Lead.
• Mini-RF, on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Deputy Principal Investigator
• REASON, on the Europa Clipper flagship mission, Co-Investigator
• RIMFAX, on the Mars 2020 Rover, Co-Investigator
• Shadowcam, on the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, Co-Investigator
• SHARAD, on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Co-Investigator

Current Graduate Students

Former Postdocs

• Ali Bramson
• David Hollibaugh Baker
• Catherine Neish

Complete publications list available from: NASA ADS Author Search: Lynn M. Carter

Recent refereed publications (NASA ADS): Years 2019 through June 2024

Shoemaker, E. S., Baker, D. M. H., Richardson, J. A., Carter, L. M., Scheidt, S. P., Whelley, P. L., & Young, K. E. 2024, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets). Mapping Ice Buried by the 1875 and 1961 Tephra of Askja Volcano, Northern Iceland Using Ground-Penetrating Radar: Implications for Askja Caldera as a Geophysical Testbed for In Situ Resource Utilization

Carter, Lynn M., Gilmore, Martha S., Ghail, Richard C., Byrne, Paul K., Smrekar, Suzanne E., Ganey, Terra M., & Izenberg, Noam 2023, Space Science Reviews. Sedimentary Processes on Venus

Voigt, J. R. C., Hamilton, C. W., Steinbrügge, G., Christoffersen, M. S., Nerozzi, S., Kerber, L., Holt, J. W., Carter, L. M. 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. Revealing Elysium Planitia's young geologic history: Constraints on lava emplacement, areas, and volumes

Widemann, Thomas, Smrekar, Suzanne E., Garvin, James B., Straume-Lindner, Anne Grete, Ocampo, Adriana C., Schulte, Mitchell D., Voirin, Thomas, Hensley, Scott, Dyar, M. Darby, Whitten, Jennifer L., Nunes, Daniel C., Getty, Stephanie A., Arney, Giada N., Johnson, Natasha M., Kohler, Erika, Spohn, Tilman, O'Rourke, Joseph G., Wilson, Colin F., Way, Michael J., Ostberg, Colby, Westall, Frances, Höning, Dennis, Jacobson, Seth, Salvador, Arnaud, Avice, Guillaume, Breuer, Doris, Carter, Lynn, Gilmore, Martha S., Ghail, Richard, Helbert, Jörn, Byrne, Paul, Santos, Alison R., Herrick, Robert R., Izenberg, Noam, Marcq, Emmanuel, Rolf, Tobias, Weller, Matt, Gillmann, Cedric, Korablev, Oleg, Zelenyi, Lev, Zasova, Ludmila, Gorinov, Dmitry, Seth, Gaurav, Rao, C. V. Narasimha, & Desai, Nilesh 2023, Space Science Reviews. Correction to: Venus Evolution Through Time: Key Science Questions, Selected Mission Concepts and Future Investigations

Widemann, Thomas, Smrekar, Suzanne E., Garvin, James B., Straume-Lindner, Anne Grete, Ocampo, Adriana C., Schulte, Mitchell D., Voirin, Thomas, Hensley, Scott, Dyar, M. Darby, Whitten, Jennifer L., Nunes, Daniel C., Getty, Stephanie A., Arney, Giada N., Johnson, Natasha M., Kohler, Erika, Spohn, Tilman, O'Rourke, Joseph G., Wilson, Colin F., Way, Michael J., Ostberg, Colby, Westall, Frances, Höning, Dennis, Jacobson, Seth, Salvador, Arnaud, Avice, Guillaume, Breuer, Doris, Carter, Lynn, Gilmore, Martha S., Ghail, Richard, Helbert, Jörn, Byrne, Paul, Santos, Alison R., Herrick, Robert R., Izenberg, Noam, Marcq, Emmanuel, Rolf, Tobias, Weller, Matt, Gillmann, Cedric, Korablev, Oleg, Zelenyi, Lev, Zasova, Ludmila, Gorinov, Dmitry, Seth, Gaurav, Rao, C. V. Narasimha, & Desai, Nilesh 2023, Space Science Reviews. Venus Evolution Through Time: Key Science Questions, Selected Mission Concepts and Future Investigations

Baker, David M. H. & Carter, Lynn M. 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets). Ice Content of Mantling Materials in Deuteronilus Mensae, Mars

Herrick, Robert R., Bjonnes, Evan T., Carter, Lynn M., Gerya, Taras, Ghail, Richard C., Gillmann, Cédric, Gilmore, Martha, Hensley, Scott, Ivanov, Mikhail A., Izenberg, Noam R., Mueller, Nils T., O'Rourke, Joseph G., Rolf, Tobias, Smrekar, Suzanne E., & Weller, Matthew B. 2023, Space Science Reviews. Resurfacing History and Volcanic Activity of Venus

Bramson, A. M., Carter, L. M., Patterson, G. W., Sori, M. M., Morgan, G. A., Jozwiak, L. M., Nypaver, C. A., & Cahill, J. T. S. 2022, The Planetary Science Journal. Burial Depths of Extensive Shallow Cryptomaria in the Lunar Schiller-Schickard Region

Ganesh, Indujaa, Carter, Lynn M., & Henz, Triana N. 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets). Radar Backscatter and Emissivity Models of Proposed Pyroclastic Density Current Deposits on Venus

Häggström, I., Carter, L. M., Fuchs, T. J., & Kesner, A. L. 2022, Journal of Instrumentation. Depth resolved pencil beam radiography using AI - a proof of principle study

Shoemaker, E. S., Carter, L. M., Garry, W. B., Morgan, G. A., & Plaut, J. J. 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets). New Insights Into Subsurface Stratigraphy Northwest of Ascraeus Mons, Mars, Using the SHARAD and MARSIS Radar Sounders

Ganesh, Indujaa, McGuire, Luke A., & Carter, Lynn M. 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets). Modeling the Dynamics of Dense Pyroclastic Flows on Venus: Insights Into Pyroclastic Eruptions

Hamran, Svein-Erik, Paige, David A., Amundsen, Hans E. F., Berger, Tor, Brovoll, Sverre, Carter, Lynn, Damsgârd, Leif, Dypvik, Henning, Eide, Jo, Eide, Sigurd, Ghent, Rebecca, Helleren, Øystein, Kohler, Jack, Mellon, Mike, Nunes, Daniel C., Plettemeier, Dirk, Rowe, Kathryn, Russell, Patrick, & Øyan, Mats Jørgen 2020, Space Science Reviews. Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment—RIMFAX

Smith, Isaac B., Hayne, Paul O., Byrne, Shane, Becerra, Patricio, Kahre, Melinda, Calvin, Wendy, Hvidberg, Christine, Milkovich, Sarah, Buhler, Peter, Landis, Margaret, Horgan, Briony, Kleinböhl, Armin, Perry, Matthew R., Obbard, Rachel, Stern, Jennifer, Piqueux, Sylvain, Thomas, Nicolas, Zacny, Kris, Carter, Lynn, Edgar, Lauren, Emmett, Jeremy, Navarro, Thomas, Hanley, Jennifer, Koutnik, Michelle, Putzig, Nathaniel, Henderson, Bryana L., Holt, John W., Ehlmann, Bethany, Parra, Sergio, Lalich, Daniel, Hansen, Candice, Hecht, Michael, Banfield, Don, Herkenhoff, Ken, Paige, David A., Skidmore, Mark, Staehle, Robert L., & Siegler, Matthew 2020, Planetary and Space Science. The Holy Grail: A road map for unlocking the climate record stored within Mars' polar layered deposits

Ganesh, Indujaa, Carter, Lynn M., & Smith, Isaac B. 2020, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. SHARAD mapping of Arsia Mons caldera

Campbell, Bruce A., Campbell, Donald B., Carter, Lynn M., Chandler, John F., Giorgini, Jon D., Margot, Jean-Luc, Morgan, Gareth A., Nolan, Michael C., Perillat, Phillip J., & Whitten, Jennifer L. 2019, Icarus. The mean rotation rate of Venus from 29 years of Earth-based radar observations

Baker, David M. H. & Carter, Lynn M. 2019, Icarus. Probing supraglacial debris on Mars 1: Sources, thickness, and stratigraphy

Baker, David M. H. & Carter, Lynn M. 2019, Icarus. Probing supraglacial debris on Mars 2: Crater morphology

• U of A Scientists Have Their Eyes on Europa, Jupiter's Mysterious, Icy Moon - October 28, 2024
• Carter Given Presidential Early Career Awards - July 22, 2019
• Mapping the Moon and Worlds Beyond - July 16, 2019