Publications : Melissa S. Rice : Cornell University

In addition to academic writing, I am also interested in science journalism and the communication of science in general. I am a science-writing intern with the Cornell Chronicle and answer questions for the Cornell-run Ask an Astronomer website. I am also currently teaching a writing seminar for first-year students at Cornell titled The Exploration of Mars (you can view the course syllabus here).

PUBLISHED PAPERS

J.K. Harmon, M.A. Slade, M. Rice (2011) Radar imagery of Mercury's putative polar ice: 1999-2005 Arecibo results, Icarus , doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.08.007 (Abstract)

R.E. Arvidson, J.W. Ashley, J.F. Bell III, M. Chojnacki, J. Cohen, T.E. Economou, W.H. Farrand, R. Fergason, I. Fleischer, P. Geissler, R. Gellert, M.P. Golombek, J. Grotzinger, E.A. Guinness, R.M. Haberle, K. E. Herkenhoff, J.A. Herman, K.D. Iagnemma, B.L. Jolliff, J.R. Johnson, G. Klingelhofer, A. H. Knoll, A. T. Knudson, R. Li, S. M. McLennan, D.W. Mittlefehldt, R.V. Morris, T.J. Parker, M. Rice, C. Schroder, L.A. Soderblom, S.W. Squyres, R.J. Sullivan, and M.J. Wolff (2011) Opportunity Mars Rover Mission: Overview and Selected Results from Purgatory Ripple to Traverses to Endeavour Crater, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets , doi:10.1029/2010JE003746 (Abstract)

S. Ruff, J. Farmer, W. Calvin, K.E. Herkenhoff, J.R. Johnson, R.V. Morris, M. Rice, R.E. Arvidson, J.F. Bell III, P.R. Christensen, S.W. Squyres (2010) Characteristics, distribution, and significance of opaline silica observed by the Spirit rover in Gusev Crater, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets

M. Rice, J.F. Bell III, E.A. Cloutis, J.J. Wray, K.E. Herkenhoff, R. Sullivan, J.R. Johnson, R.B. Anderson (2010) Temporal Observations of Bright Soil Exposures at Gusev Crater, Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets , doi:10.1029/2010JE003683 (Abstract)

R.E. Arvidson, J.F. Bell III, P. Bellutta, N.A. Cabrol, J. G. Catalano, J. Cohen, L. Crumpler, D.J. Des Marais, T. Estlin, W. Farrand, R. Gellert, J.A. Grant, R. Greenberger, E.A. Guinness, K.E. Herkenhoff, J.A. Herman, K. Iagnemma, J.R. Johnson, G. Klingelhöfer, R. Li, K.A. Lichtenberg, S. Maxwell, D.W. Ming, R.V. Morris, M. Rice, S. Ruff, A. Shaw, K. Siebach, P. de Souza, A. Stroupe, S.W. Squyres, R.J. Sullivan, K. Talley, J. Townsend, A. Wang, J. Wright, A. Yen (2010) Spirit Mars Rover Mission: Overview and Selected Results from the Northern Home Plate Winter Haven to the Side of Scamander Crater, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets , doi:10.1029/2010JE003746 (Abstract)

Rice, M., J.F. Bell III, E.A. Cloutis, A. Wang, S. Ruff, M. Craig, D. Bailey, J.R. Johnson, P.A. de Souza Jr., W.H. (2009) Silica-Rich Deposits and Hydrated Minerals at Gusev Crater, Mars: Vis-NIR Spectral Characterization and Regional Mapping, Icarus , doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.03.035 (Abstract)

Bell, J. F., M. Rice, Johnson, J. R., Hare, T. M. (2008) Surface albedo observations at Gusev Crater and Meridiani Planum, Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, E6 , doi:10.1029/2007JE002976 (Abstract)

Johnson, J., J. Bell, E. Cloutis, M. Staid, W. Farrand, M. Rice, A. Wang, A. Yen (2007) Mineralogic Constraints on Sulfur-Rich Soils from Pancam Spectra at Gusev Crater, Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research, 34, 13 , doi:10.1029/2007GL029894 (Abstract)

Harmon, J., M. Slade, B. Butler, J. Head, M. Rice, D. Campbell (2007) Mercury: Radar Images of the Equatorial and Midlatitude Zones, Icarus, 187, 2 , 374-405 (Abstract)

M. Rice; Martini, Paul; Greene, Jenny E.; Pogge, Richard W.; Shields, Joseph C.; Mulchaey, John S.; Regan, Michael W. (2006) Spatially Resolved Narrow-Line Region Kinematics in Active Galactic Nuclei, The Astrophysical Journal, 636 , 654-673 (Abstract)