J. L. Piatek

Life in the Atacama — Year 2: Geologic reconnaissance through long-range roving and implications on the search for life (2005)

Dohm, J. M., Cabrol, N. A., Grin, E. A., Moersch, J., Chong Diaz, G., Cockell, C., ...

The Life in the Atacama-2004 project, which included geological, morphological, and mineralogical mapping through combined satellite, field-based, and microscopic perspectives and long-range roving,...

Spectroscopic results from the Life in the Atacama (LITA) project 2004 field season (2005)

Piatek, J. L., Moersch, J. E., Wyatt, M., Rampe, M., Cabrol, N. A., Wettergreen, D. S., ...

Analysis of spectroscopy datasets from rover field tests in the Atacama Desert (Chile), focusing on the composition of the surface and identification of potential habitats for life.

Searching for life with rovers: Exploration methods and science results from the 2004 field campaign of the "Life in the Atacama" project and applications to future Mars Missions (2005)

Cabrol, N. A., Wettergree, D. S., Whittaker, R., Grin, E. A., Moersch, J. E., Chong-Diaz, G., ...

LITA develops and field tests a long-range automated rover and a science payload to search for microbial life in the Atacama. The Atacama’s evolution provides a unique training ground for designing...

The opportunity phase curve in low albedo media (2004)

Nelson, R. M., Hapke, B. W., Smythe, W. D., Hale, A. S., Piatek, J. L.