Search Results - "Walsh, K J"
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Recent poleward shift of tropical cyclone formation linked to Hadley cell expansion
Published in Nature climate change (01-08-2018)“…Recent research indicates that the annual-mean locations of tropical cyclones have migrated toward higher latitudes. Concurrently, an anthropogenically forced…”
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Collisional formation of top-shaped asteroids and implications for the origins of Ryugu and Bennu
Published in Nature communications (27-05-2020)“…Asteroid shapes and hydration levels can serve as tracers of their history and origin. For instance, the asteroids (162173) Ryugu and (101955) Bennu have an…”
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Variations in color and reflectance on the surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (06-11-2020)“…Visible-wavelength color and reflectance provide information about the geologic history of planetary surfaces. Here we present multispectral images (0.44 to…”
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In situ evidence of thermally induced rock breakdown widespread on Bennu’s surface
Published in Nature communications (09-06-2020)“…Rock breakdown due to diurnal thermal cycling has been hypothesized to drive boulder degradation and regolith production on airless bodies. Numerous studies…”
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Bennu’s near-Earth lifetime of 1.75 million years inferred from craters on its boulders
Published in Nature (London) (12-11-2020)“…An asteroid’s history is determined in large part by its strength against collisions with other objects 1 , 2 (impact strength). Laboratory experiments on…”
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Constraining the primordial orbits of the terrestrial planets
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-08-2013)“…Evidence in the Solar system suggests that the giant planets underwent an epoch of radial migration that was very rapid, with an e-folding time-scale shorter…”
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Fine-regolith production on asteroids controlled by rock porosity
Published in Nature (London) (07-10-2021)“…Spacecraft missions have observed regolith blankets of unconsolidated subcentimetre particles on stony asteroids 1 – 3 . Telescopic data have suggested the…”
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Numerical simulations suggest asteroids (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu are likely second or later generation rubble piles
Published in Nature communications (05-07-2024)“…Rubble pile asteroids are widely understood to be composed of reaccumulated debris following a catastrophic collision between asteroids in the main asteroid…”
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Dynamically downscaled simulations of Australian region tropical cyclones in current and future climates
Published in Geophysical research letters (01-05-2011)“…A fine resolution atmospheric model is used to analyse changes in the climatology of tropical cyclones over the Australian region under future climate…”
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Objectively Determined Resolution-Dependent Threshold Criteria for the Detection of Tropical Cyclones in Climate Models and Reanalyses
Published in Journal of climate (15-05-2007)“…Objectively derived resolution-dependent criteria are defined for the detection of tropical cyclones in model simulations and observationally based analyses…”
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Building Terrestrial Planets
Published in Annual review of earth and planetary sciences (01-01-2012)“…This article reviews our current understanding of terrestrial planet formation. The focus is on computer simulations of the dynamical aspects of the accretion…”
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Modified granular impact force laws for the OSIRIS-REx touchdown on the surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-11-2021)“…ABSTRACT The OSIRIS-REx mission collected a sample from the surface of the asteroid (101955) Bennu in 2020 October. Here, we study the impact of the OSIRIS-REx…”
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Crater Population on Asteroid (101955) Bennu Indicates Impact Armouring and a Young Surface
Published in Nature geoscience (01-06-2022)“…The impactor-to-crater size scaling relationships that enable estimates of planetary surface ages rely on an accurate formulation of impactor–target physics…”
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Low surface strength of the asteroid Bennu inferred from impact ejecta deposit
Published in Nature geoscience (01-06-2022)“…The surface strength of small rubble-pile asteroids, which are aggregates of unconsolidated material under microgravity, is poorly constrained but critical to…”
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The Morphometry of Impact Craters on Bennu
Published in Geophysical research letters (28-12-2020)“…Bennu is an ~500‐m‐diameter rubble‐pile asteroid that is the target of detailed study by the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and…”
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Global Patterns of Recent Mass Movement on Asteroid (101955) Bennu
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Planets (01-09-2020)“…The exploration of near‐Earth asteroids has revealed dynamic surfaces characterized by mobile, unconsolidated material that responds to local geophysical…”
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Tropical cyclones in a regional climate change projection with RegCM4 over the CORDEX Central America domain
Published in Climatic change (01-07-2014)“…The characteristics of tropical cyclones (TCs) over the Central America Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) domain are examined for present…”
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Thermal Fatigue as a Driving Mechanism for Activity on Asteroid Bennu
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Planets (01-08-2020)“…Many boulders on (101955) Bennu, a near‐Earth rubble pile asteroid, show signs of in situ disaggregation and exfoliation, indicating that thermal fatigue plays…”
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Sub-cellular In-situ Characterization of Ferritin(iron) in a Rodent Model of Spinal Cord Injury
Published in Scientific reports (23-02-2018)“…Iron (Fe) is an essential metal involved in a wide spectrum of physiological functions. Sub-cellular characterization of the size, composition, and…”
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Meteoroid Impacts as a Source of Bennu's Particle Ejection Events
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Planets (01-08-2020)“…Asteroid (101955) Bennu, a near‐Earth object with a primitive carbonaceous chondrite‐like composition, was observed by the Origins, Spectral Interpretation,…”
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