Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesCooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder

Rick Saltus

Senior Research Scientist for Marine Geology and Geophysics

Education

Ph.D., Stanford University, Geophysics, 1991
M.S., Stanford University, Geophysics, 1988
B.S., Stanford University, Mathematics, 1979

rick.saltus@noaa.gov

Phone

720-257-9811

Research Interests

Geologic/tectonic/geodynamic interpretation of potential field data (magnetics and gravity)
Development of technical documentation with application to delineation of extended continental shelf (Law of the Sea, Article 76)
Improvement of global magnetic field grids and models
Innovative display of geophysical information
Seeking ways to encourage citizen involvement in the geophysical sciences

Current Research

Application of marine bathymetric and geophysical data for definition of continental margin components with application to Article 76 of the Law of the Sea Treaty (State Department/NOAA/USGS cooperative project)
Development of a CubeSat constellation for on-going support of global magnetic models (CU Grand Challenge project in cooperation with CU Aerospace and LASP)
Improvement of EMAG2 global model of lithospheric magnetic anomalies for improvement of global full field magnetic models (CIRES Geomagnetic Team project)
Continued development of CrowdMag for (1) citizen scientist involvement, (2) mapping of local urban magnetic anomalies, and (3) input to global magnetic models
Development of an external magnetic sensor for use with CrowdMag (CU Seed Grant funded project in cooperation with CU Engineering Dept)

Research Categories

Oceans, Solid Earth, Space

Research Images

RECCS Group Photo

As part of the Research Experience for Community College Students (RECCS) program we conducted a "CrowdMag Day" data collection activity. The pictured students and mentors each used their smartphones to collect 3-component magnetic data along a 1.5 mile