- 1975 - B.S. Mathematics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- 1979 - M.S. Mathematics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- 1982 - M.S. Geodetic Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
David D Rowlands
(GEOPHYSICIST)
| Email: | david.d.rowlands@nasa.gov |
| Org Code: | 606 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 606 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | ADNET SYSTEMS INC |
Missions & Projects
Positions/Employment
Geophysicist, Geodesy and Geophysics Laboratory (Code 61A)
NASA/GSFC - Greenbelt, Maryland
1992 - Present
- Research in: satellite geodesy, static and time variable gravity recovery from satellite observations, satellite laser and radar altimetry, satellite precision orbit determination, force and measurement modeling for orbit determination and geodetic parameter estimation for Earth and planetary applications.
- Head of the Space Geodetic Applications Group in the Geodesy and Geophysics Laboratory
Education
Professional Service
- Co-I on GRACE Science Team Investigation : Unique Approaches for Addressing Time Variable Gravity from GRACE (Frank Lemoine PI)
- Co-I on GRACE Science Team Investigation: Tides for and from GRACE and other data (Richard Ray PI)
- Member of, GSFC Laser Altimeter Data Product Verification/Validation Team for the ICESat mission.
- Co-I on ICESat Science Team Investigation : Maximizing ICESat’s Contribution to Understanding Ice Sheet Surface Mass Balance (Scott Luthcke PI)
- Co-I on NASA EOS/IDS Program Investigation: Understanding Sea Level Variations; Reference Frame, Data Analysis and Modeling (Richard Ray PI)
- Lead GEODYN Software Development
- Member of OSIRIS-Rex navigation and Radio Science Teams
Awards
Individual Achievement Awards:
Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement in Science (2008)
Group Achievement Awards:
JGM –1 Gravity Team
TOPEX Precision Orbit Determination Team
DSPSE (Clementine) Lunar Orbit Ops Support Team
EGM96 Gravity Development Team
NEAR Shoemaker Mission Team
Meteor 3M / SAGE III Team
NASA Group Achievement Award for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Laser Ranging Team
NASA Group Achievement Award for the Goddard Grace Team
Performance Awards:
1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006,2007
Publications
Refereed
2021. "Internal rubble properties of asteroid (101955) Bennu.", Icarus, 370 114665 [10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114665] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Mass and shape determination of (101955) Bennu using differenced data from multiple OSIRIS-REx mission phases.", The Planetary Science Journal, 2 (6): [10.3847/PSJ/ac26c4] [Journal Article/Letter]
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]
2021. "Internal rubble composition of asteroid (101955) Bennu.", Icarus, [Full Text] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Heterogenous mass distribution of the rubble-pile asteroid (101955) Bennu.", Science Advances, 6 (41): eabc3350 [Full Text] [10.1126/sciadv.abc3350] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "The dynamic geophysical environment of (101955) Bennu based on OSIRIS-REx measurements.", Nature Astronomy, 3 (4): 352-361 [Full Text] [10.1038/s41550-019-0721-3] [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. "The Laser Ranging Experiment of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: Five Years of Operations and Data Analysis.", Icarus, 283 55-69 [10.1016/j.icarus.2016.07.003] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Summary of the Results from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter after Seven Years in Lunar Orbit.", Icarus, 283 70-91 [10.1016/j.icarus.2016.06.006] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Gravimetry measurements from space.", Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere, 231-247 [10.1002/9781118368909.ch10] [Article in Book]
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. "High-degree gravity models from GRAIL primary mission data.", J. Geophys. Res.-Planets, 118 1676-1698 [10.1002/jgre.20118] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "The effect of geocenter motion on Jason-2 orbits and the mean sea level.", Adv. Space Res., 51 (8): 1323—1334 [10.1016/j.asr.2012.06.004] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Gravity Field and Internal Structure of Mercury from MESSENGER .", Science, 336 (6078): 214-217 [Full Text] [10.1126/science.1218809] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Orbit determination of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.", J. Geodesy, 86 (3): 193-207 [10.1007/s00190-011-0509-4] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Orbit determination of the SELENE satellites using multi-satellite data types and evaluation of SELENE gravity field models.", J. Geodesy, 85 487-504 [10.1007/s00190-011-0446-2] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "New analysis of Lunar Prospector radio tracking data brings the nearside gravity field of the Moon with an unprecedented resolution.", Icarus, 215 (2): 455-459 [10.1016/j.icarus.2011.07.020] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Lunar gravity field determination using SELENE same-beam differential VLBI tracking data.", J. Geodesy, 85 (4): 205-228 [Full Text] [10.1007/s00190-010-0430-2] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Laser Ranging Investigation.", Space Science Reviews, 150 (1-4): 63-80 [10.1007/s11214-009-9511-z] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Improving global mass flux solutions from Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) through forward modeling and continuous time correlation.", J. Geophys. Res., 115 (B11): B11403 [10.1029/2010JB007533] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Towards development of a consistent orbit series for TOPEX/Poseidon Jason-1 and Jason-2.", Adv. Space Res., 46 1513-1540 [10.1016/j.asr.2010.05.007] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "An improved lunar gravity field model from SELENE and historical tracking data: Revealing the farside gravity features.", J. Geophys. Res.-Planets, 115 E06007 [Full Text] [10.1029/2009JE003499] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Evaluating terrestrial water storage variations from regionally constrained GRACE mascon data and hydrological models over Southern Africa - preliminary results.", International Journal of Remote Sensing, 31 (14): 3899-3912 [10.1080/01431161.2010.483483] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "DORIS/SLR POD modeling improvements for Jason-1 and Jason-2.", Adv. Space Res., 46 (12): 1541-1558 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.asr.2010.05.008] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Initial observations from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA).", Geophys. Res. Lett., 37 [Full Text] [10.1029/2010GL043751] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter Investigation on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission.", Space Science Reviews, 150 (1-4): 209-241 [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Global mass flux solutions from GRACE: A comparison of parameter estimation strategies—Mass concentrations versus Stokes coefficients.", J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 115 (B1): [Full Text] [10.1029/2009JB006546] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Geodetic constraints from multi-beam laser altimeter crossovers.", Journal of Geodesy, 84 (6): 343-354 [10.1007/s00190-010-0379-1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Evaluation and validation of mascon recovery using GRACE KBRR data with independent mass flux estimates in the Mississippi Basin.", J Geodesy, 83 (9): 817-827 [10.1007/s00190-009-0301-x] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "A simulation study of multi-beam altimetry for lunar reconnaissance orbiter and other planetary missions .", J. Geodesy , Vol 83 (8): 709-721 [Full Text] [10.1007/s00190-008-0285-y] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Localized analysis of satellite tracking data for studying time-variable Earth's gravity fields.", J Geophys Res, 113 ( 17): B06401 [10.1029/2007JB005218] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Recent glacier mass changes in the Gulf of Alaska region from GRACE mascon solutions.", Journal of Glaciology, 54 (188): 767-777 [10.3189/002214308787779933] [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Recent Greenland Ice Mass Loss by Drainage System from Satellite Gravity Observations.", Science, 314 (5803): 1286-1289 [10.1126/science.1130776] [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Variations of Mars Gravitational Field Based on the NASA/Aames General CIrculation Model.", Journal of Geophysical Research, 111 (E6): E06010 [10.1029/2005JE002442] [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Monthly spherical harmonic gravity field solutions determined from GRACE inter-satellite range-rate data alone.", Geophys. Res. Lett., 33 (2): [Full Text] [10.1029/2005GL024846] [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Calibration and reduction of ICESat geoloaction errors and the impact on ice sheet elevation change detection,.", Geophys Res Lett, VOL. 32 L21S05 [10.1029/2005GL023689] [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Resolving mass flux at high spatial and temporal resolution using GRACE intersatellite measurements.", Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 32 ( 4): L04310 [10.1029/2004GL021908] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Atmospheric rotational effects on Mars based on the NASA Ames general circulation model.", J. Geophys. Res., 108 (E5): 5040 [10.1029/2002JE001984] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Tidal models in a new era of satellite gravimetry.", Space Science Reviews, 108 271-282 [10.1023/A:1026223308107] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "The 1-centimeter Orbit: Jason-1 Precision Orbit Determination Using GPS, SLR, DORIS and Altimeter data.", Marine Geodesy, 26 (3-4): 399-421 [10.1080/01490410390256727] [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "Is asteroid 951 Gaspra in a resonant obliquity state with its spin increasing due to YORP?.", J Geophys Res, 107 5065 [10.1029/2001JE001813] [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "Short-arc analysis of intersatellite tracking data in a gravity mapping mission.", J. Geodesy, 76 307-316 [10.1007/s00190-002-0255-8] [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "Enhanced Geolocation of Spaceborne Laser Altimeter Surface Returns: Parameter Calibration from the Simultaneous Reduction of Altimeter Range and Navigation Tracking data.", Journal of Geodynamics, Vol. 34 (3-4): 447-475 [10.1016/S0264-3707(02)00047-9] [Journal Article/Letter]
2001. "An improved solution of the gravity field of Mars (GMM-2B) from Mars Global Surveyor.", J. Geophys. Res.-Planets, 106 (E10): 23359-23376 [10.1029/2000JE001426] [Journal Article/Letter]
2001. "Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter: Experiment summary after the first year of global mapping of Mars .", J. Geophysical Research-Planets, 106 (E10): 23689-23722 [Full Text] [10.1029/2000JE001364] [Journal Article/Letter]
2001. "Improvements in spaceborne laser altimeter data geolocation.", Surveys in Geophysics, 22 (5/6): 549-559 [10.1023/a:1015636721365] [Journal Article/Letter]
2001. "Crossover analysis of Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter data.", J. Geophys. Res.-Planets, 106 (E10): 23753-23768 [10.1029/2000JE001381] [Journal Article/Letter]
2000. "Internal structure and early thermal evolution of Mars from Mars Global Surveyor topography and gravity.", Science, 287 1788-1793 [10.1126/science.287.5459.1788] [Journal Article/Letter]
2000. "Satellite laser altimetry: on-orbit calibration techniques for precise geolocation.", The Review of Laser Engineering, 28 (12): 796-803 [10.2184/lsj.28.796] [Journal Article/Letter]
2000. "Spaceborne Laser Altimeter Pointing Bias Calibration From Range Residual Analysis.", Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 37 ( 3): 374-384 [10.2514/2.3571] [Journal Article/Letter]
2000. "The Shape of 433 Eros from the NEAR-Shoemaker Laser Rangefinder.", Science, 289 2097-2101 [Full Text] [10.1126/science.289.5487.2097] [Journal Article/Letter]
1999. "The use of laser altimetry in the orbit and attitude determination of Mars Global Surveyor.", Geophys. Res. Lett., 26 (9): 1191-1194 [10.1029/1999GL900223] [Journal Article/Letter]
1998. "Observations of the Earth's topography from the Shuttle Laser Altimeter (SLA): laser-pulse echo-recovery measurements of terrestrial surfaces.", Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 23 1053-1068 [Full Text] [10.1016/S0079-1946(98)00145-1] [Journal Article/Letter]
1997. "Space shuttle precision orbit determination in support of SLA-1 using TDRSS and GPS tracking data.", The Journal of the Astronautical Science, 45 (1): 113-129 [Journal Article/Letter]
1997. "A 70th degree lunar gravity model (GLGM-2) from Clementine and other tracking data.", J. Geophys. Res.-Planets, 102 (E7): 16339-16359 [10.1029/97JE01418] [Journal Article/Letter]
1995. "Mulit-rate Numerical Integration of Satellite Orbits for Increased Computational Efficiency.", The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 43 (1): 89-100 [Journal Article/Letter]
1988. "A new gravitational model for the Earth from satellite tracking data: GEM-T1.", Journal of Geophysical Research, 93 (B6): 6169 [10.1029/jb093ib06p06169] [Journal Article/Letter]
Non-Refereed
2024. "The GEODYN Precision Orbit Determination Software.", AGU Fall Meeting 2024, [10.22541/essoar.174051780.04684918/v1] [Proceedings]
2019. "OSIRIS-REx gravity field estimates for Bennu using spacecraft and natural particle tracking data .", Proceedings of the workshop on Asteroid Science in the Age of Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx, Tucson, Arizona, Nov. 5-7, 2019, [Full Text] [Proceedings]
2019. "OSIRIS-REx Gravity Field Estimates for Bennu Using Spacecraft and Natural Particle Tracking Data.", Proceedings of the European Planetary Science Congress / Division for Planetary Sciences Joint Meeting (EPSC-DPS 2019), Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 15-19, 2019, 13 (EPSC-DPS2019-106-2): [Full Text] [Proceedings]
2019. "The CAESAR New Frontiers Mission: 3. Tag site selection and camera suite.", Proceedings of the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., March 18-22, 2019, Paper # 2722, [Full Text] [Proceedings]
2019. "The gravity and global geophysical environment of (101955) Bennu.", Proceedings of the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 18-22, 2019, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., Paper # 1496, [Full Text] [Proceedings]
2019. "Mass and gravity field estimation of (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx observations.", Proceedings of the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 18-22, 2019, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., Paper # 1605, [Full Text] [Proceedings]
2018. "The CAESAR New Frontiers Mission: 3. TAG Site Selection and Camera Suite.", 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2018, 2083 [Full Text] [Proceedings]
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]
2016. "An independent orbit determination simulation for the OSIRIS-REX asteroid sample return mission .", Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, Guidance Navigation and Control, 2016, 157 629-642 [Full Text] [Proceedings]
2015. "Tunable Superconducting Gravity Gradiometer for Mars Climate, Atmosphere, and Gravity Field Investigation .", Proceedings of the 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., March 16-20, 2015 , Paper # 1735 [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]
2010. "VLBI-SLR Combination Solution Using GEODYN.", International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry, 2010 General Meeting Proceedings, NASA CP/2010-215864 227-231 [Full Text] [Proceedings]
2009. "Geosat Follow-On precision orbit Improvement through drag model update.", Space Flight Mechanics 2009, Proceedings of the 19th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, February 8-12 2009, Savannah, Georgia, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, 134 43-62 [Proceedings]
2008. "ICESat, GRACE, and Time Varying Gravity: SLR Contributions and Applications.", Proceedings of the 16th International Workshop on Laser Ranging, Poznan, Poland, Oct. 12-17, 2008, [Full Text] [Proceedings]
2008. "Sub-centimeter SLR precision with the SLRF2005/LPOD2005 network.", Proceedings of the 16th International Workshop on Laser Ranging, Poznan, Poland, Oct. 12-17, 2008, [Full Text] [Proceedings]
2007. "The use of mascons to resolve time-variable gravity from GRACE.", Dynamic Planet: Monitoring and Understanding a Dynamic Planet with Geodetic and Oceanographic Tools, 130 (IAG Symposia): 231-236 [Article in Book]
2006. "13 years of TOPEX/Poseidon precision orbit determination and the 10-fold improvement in expected orbit accuracy.", AIAA Paper 2006-6672, AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Conference, 21–24 August 2006, Keystone, Colorado, [Full Text] [Proceedings]
2003. "GPS-Based Precision Orbit Determination for a New Era of Altimeter Satellites: Jason-1 and ICESat.", Proceedings of the 2003 Flight Mechanics Symposium, NASA CP/2003-212246 [Full Text] [Proceedings]
2003. "ICESat Laser Altimeter Pointing, Ranging and Timing Calibration from Integrated Residual Analysis: A Summary of Early Mission Results.", Proceedings of the 2003 Flight Mechanics Symposium, Oct. 28-30, 2003., NASA CP/2003-212246 [Full Text] [Proceedings]
2002. "Filtering Errors in LEO Trajectories Obtained by Kinematic GPS with Floated Ambiguities.", Proceedings of the 15th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 2002), Portland, OR, September 2002, 1863-1871 [Proceedings]
2002. "Spaceborne laser Altimeter Instrument Parameter Calibration from Integrated Residual Analysis .", International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Volume XXXIV-3/W4, Annapolis, Maryland, 22-24 Oct. 2001, 81-83 [Full Text] [Proceedings]
2001. "Precise orbit determination for GEOSAT Follow-On using Satellite Laser Ranging Data and intermission altimeter crossovers.", Proceedings of the 2001 Flight Mechanics Symposium, NASA/CP-2001-209986 377-392 [Full Text] [Proceedings]
2000. "Precise Orbit Determination for the GEOSAT Follow-On Spacecraft.", Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Laser Ranging (ILRS), Nov. 13-17, 2000, Matera, Italy, [Full Text] [Proceedings]
2000. "Orbit determination for Mars Global Surveyor during mapping.", Proceedings of the AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Meeting, Aug. 16-19, 1999, Girdwood, Alaska, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, 103 435-451 [Proceedings]
1999. "Precise orbit determination for the GEOSAT Follow-On Spacecraft.", Proceedings of the 1999 Flight Mechanics Symposium, NASA/CP-1999-209235 495-508 [Full Text] [Proceedings]
1999. "Precise orbit determination for Mars Global Surveyor during Hiatus and SPO.", AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Feb. 3–7, 1999, Breckinridge, Colorado, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, 102 649-666 [Proceedings]
1998. "The incredible shrinking tropics.", Sky & Telescope, 95 (6): 36-38 [Journal Article/Letter]
1996. "Results from the Clementine lunar geodesy investigation.", Astrodynamics 1995 (AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Meeting, Feb. 14–17, 1995, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), 90 201-223 [Proceedings]
1993. "The night the Titanic went down.", Sky & Telescope, 86 (4): 79-83 [Journal Article/Letter]