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Tamara McDunn

Education
  • Ph.D., Atmospheric and Space Sciences, University of Michigan (2012)
  • M.S., Atmospheric and Space Sciences, University of Michigan (2008)
  • B.S., Meteorology, Valparaiso University (2006)
Research Interests
  • Transient weather features in the martian atmosphere
  • Gravity waves in the martian atmosphere and their impact on the general circulation and daily weather variations
  • Martian polar warming
  • Martian middle atmosphere climatology
Projects

MRO - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Icon MRO - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) launched in 2005 and is on a search for evidence that water persisted on the surface of Mars for a long period of time.

Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Caltech Postdoctoral Scholar, Planetary Sciences Section (2012 – Present)
  • University of Michigan - Research Assistant, Dept. of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences (2006 – 2012)
Selected Awards
  • NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (2009–2012)
  • Fifth Michigan Geophysical Union 3rd prize (2008)
  • University of Michigan Rackham Merit Fellowship (2006–2008)
Selected Publications
  1. McDunn, T., S. Bougher, A. Kleinböhl, F. Forget, M. D. Smith, and J. Murphy, Characterization of Middle-Atmosphere Polar Warming at Mars, JGR, (submitted July 2012).
  2. McDunn, T., S. W. Bougher, J. Murphy, M. D. Smith, F. Forget, J.-L.Bertaux, and F. Montmessin (2010), Simulating the Density and Thermal Structure of the Middle Atmosphere (80-130 km) of Mars Using the MGCM-MTGCM: A Comparison with MEX-SPICAM Observations, Icarus, 206, Issue 1, p. 5-17, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.06.034.
  3. Bougher, S. W., T. McDunn, K. A. Zoldak, and J. M. Forbes (2009), Solar Cycle Variability of Mars Dayside Exospheric Temperatures: Model Evaluation of Underlying Thermal Balances, Geophys. Res. Lett, 36, L05201, doi:10.1029/2008GL036376.

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