Scholar
David R. Thompson
Google Scholar ID: 4587ffMAAAAJ
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Citations & Impact
Citations
7,173
H-index
43
i10-index
133
Publications
20
Co-authors
97
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Recipient of the NASA Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal
- Recipient of the Lew Allen Award for Excellence
- Recipient of the NASA Early Career Achievement Medal
- Published in high-impact journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, JGR - Biogeosciences, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, and Eos
- Key roles in projects: AVIRIS-NG, Delta-X, EMIT, Lunar Trailblazer, SMODE, Surface Biology and Geology Investigation
Background
- Technical Group Lead of the JPL Imaging Spectroscopy Group
- Instrument Scientist for NASA’s EMIT and Lunar Trailblazer missions
- Investigation Scientist for NASA’s Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) project
- Research focuses on advancing imaging spectroscopy to characterize Earth and other planetary bodies
- His methods have been deployed across four continents, three oceans, airborne campaigns on multiple continents, multiple Earth-orbiting spacecraft, and the surface of Mars
