R. Steven Nerem
Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, 1989
University of Texas at Austin
Professor
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
E-mail: nerem@colorado.edu
Office: ECNT 319
Phone: 303-492-6721
Web: http://ccar.colorado.edu/nerem/
CV: PDF
Research Interests
Satellite altimetry, sea level change, Earth gravity field determination, time variations of the Earth's gravity field, planetary geodesy, precision orbit determination, astrodynamics.
Selected Publications
Nerem, R. S., E. Leuliette, and A. Cazenave, Present-day sea-level change: A review. Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 338, 1077-1083, 2006.
Chambers, D. P., M. Tamisiea, R. S. Nerem, and J. C. Ries, Effects of Ice Melting on GRACE Observations of Ocean Mass Trends, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L05610, doi:10.1029/2006GL029171., 2007.
Willis J. K., D. P. Chambers, R. S. Nerem, Assessing the globally averaged sea level budget on seasonal to interannual timescales, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C06015, doi:10.1029/2007JC004517, 2008.
Lei J., J. P. Thayer, J. M. Forbes, E. K. Sutton, R. S. Nerem, Rotating solar coronal holes and periodic modulation of the upper atmosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L10109, doi:10.1029/2008GL033875, 2008.
Thayer J. P., J. Lei, J. M. Forbes, E. K. Sutton, R. S. Nerem, Thermospheric density oscillations due to periodic solar wind high-speed streams, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A06307, doi:10.1029/2008JA013190, 2008.
Pierce, R., J. Leitch, M. Stephens, P. Bender, and R. Nerem, Intersatellite range monitoring using optical interferometry, Appl. Optics, Vol. 47, No. 27, 2008.
Wiese, D. N., W. M. Folkner, and R. S. Nerem, Alternative Mission Architectures for a Gravity Recovery Satellite Mission, J. Geodesy, DOI: 10.1007/s00190-008-0274-1, October, 2008.
Professor Nerem is a CIRES Teaching Faculty.