Dr. L. Drake Deming NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Planetary Systems Branch, Code 693 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone: (301) 286-6519 FAX: (301) 286-1683 e-mail: drake@tecate.gsfc.nasa.gov

PRESENT POSITION

Head, Planetary Systems Branch
Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

EDUCATION

B.A., Mathematics, University of Chicago, 1970
Ph.D., Astronomy, University of Illinois, 1976

RESEARCH INTERESTS

High resolution spectroscopy
Radiative transfer
Hydrodynamics of stellar and planetary atmospheres
Infrared Solar Physics

EXPERIENCE

1991-present - Head, Planetary Systems Branch, NASA/GSFC
1980-present - Astrophysicist, NASA/GSFC
1979-1980 - NAS/NRC Research Associate, NASA/GSFC
1976-1979 - Lecturer in Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. 1996 "Observations and Analysis of Longitudinal Thermal Waves on Jupiter," D. Deming, D. Reuter, D. Jennings, G. Bjoraker, G. McCabe, K. Fast and G. Wiedemann, submitted to Icarus.
2. 1995 "Observation of Infrared Lines in a Prominence at 1-5 Microns," E. C. Chang and D. Deming, Solar Physics, 165, 257.
3. 1994 "Prospects for Jovian Seismological Observations Following the Impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9", D. Deming, Geophys. Res. Lett. 21, 1095.
4. 1994 "On the Apparent Velocity of Integrated Sunlight II. 1983-1992, and Comparisons with Magnetograms," D. Deming and C. Plymate, Ap.J. 426, 382.
5. 1993 "Solar Magnetic Field Studies Using the 12-Micron Emission Lines. II. Stokes Profiles and Vector Field Samples in Sunspots", T. Hewagama, D. Deming, D. E. Jennings, V. Osherovich, G. Wiedemann. D. Zipoy, D. L. Mickey and H. Garcia, Ap.J.(Suppl), 86, 313.
6. 1991 "Physics of the Infrared Spectrum", D. Deming, D. E. Jennings, C. Lindsey and J. Jefferies 1991, Chapter 26 in The Solar Atmosphere and Interior, eds. A. Cox, W. Livingston and M. Matthews, University of Arizona Press, p. 933.
7. 1990 "Observations of the 12.3-Micron MgI Emission Line During a Major Solar Flare", D. Deming, T. Hewagama, D. E. Jennings, V. Osherovich, G. Wiedemann and H. Zirin, Ap.J.(Letters) 364, L49.
8. 1990 "7-13 µm Array Images of Saturn: Enhanced Stratospheric Emission in a Narrow Equatorial Belt and North Polar Hot Spot", D.Y. Gezari, M.J. Mumma, F. Espenak, D. Deming, G. Bjoraker, L. Woods and W. Folz, Nature, 342, 777.

WebMaster: Fred Espenak e-mail: espenak@lepvax.gsfc.nasa.gov Responsible NASA Official: Dr. Drake Deming e-mail: drake@tecate.gsfc.nasa.gov Planetary Systems Branch - Code 693 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 USA