Essam Heggy
Dr. Essam Heggy
Research Scientist
Location:
California
United States
US
Office Phone:
+1 818 812 8819
Degree:
Ph.D., Terrestrial and Planetary Radar Paris VI University, France 2002
M.Sc., Terrestrial and Planetary Radar Paris VI University, France 1999
B.Sc., Astronomy-Physics Cairo University, Egypt 1997
Publications
ElShafie A. and E. Heggy, (2013), Dielectric and Hardness Measurements of Planetary Analog Rocks in Support of In-situ Subsurface Sampling, in Review, Planetary And Space Science, PSS2106R1.Bretar F., Sedze M., J. Champion, M. Pierrot-Deseilligny, E. Heggy and S. Jacquemoud, (2013), An Advanced Photogrammetric Method to Measure Surface Roughness: Application to Volcanic Terrains in the Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island, accepted, Remote Sensing of Environment, RSE-D-12-00812.
Heggy, E., Palmer E., Kofman W., Clifford S.M., Righter K., Herique A., (2012), Radar properties of comets: Parametric dielectric modeling of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Icarus 221, 925-939.
Thomson B. J., Bussey D. B. J., Neish C. D., Cahill J. T. S., Heggy E., Kirk R. L., Patterson, G. W., Raney R. K., Spudis, P. D., Thompson T. W., Ustinov E. A., (2012), An upper limit for ice in Shackleton crater as revealed by LRO Mini- RF orbital radar, Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 39, Issue 14, CiteID L14201.
Boisson J., E. Heggy, S. M. Clifford, K. Yoshikawa, A. Anglade, and P. Lognonné, (2012), Radar sounding of temperate permafrost in Alaska: Analogy to the Martian midlatitude to high-latitude ice-rich terrains, J. Geophys. Res., 116, E11003.
El Maarry M. R., Dohm J. M., Marzo G. A., Fergason R., Goetz W., Heggy E., Pack A., Markiewicz W. J. (2012), Searching for evidence of hydrothermal activity at Apollinaris Mons, Mars, Icarus, Volume 217, Issue 1, p. 297-314.
Fa W., Wieczorek, M. A., Heggy E. (2011), Modeling polarimetric radar scattering from the lunar surface: Study on the effect of physical properties of the regolith layer, J. Geophys. Res, 116, E03005, doi:10.1029/2010JE003649
Thompson W.T., E. Ustinov, E.Heggy, (2011), Modeling radar scattering from icy lunar regoliths at 13 cm and 4 cm wavelengths, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, pp. Res., 116, E01006, doi:10.1029/2009JE003368, 2011
Clifford S. M., J. Lasue, E. Heggy, J. Boisson, P. McGovern, and M. D. Max, (2010), Depth of the Martian cryosphere: Revised estimates and implications for the existence and detection of subpermafrost groundwater," Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, Vol. 115, pp. E07001, doi:10.1029/2009JE00346.
Mukherjee D., E. Heggy, S. D. Khan, E. C. Sullivan, (2010), Geolectrical Constrains on Radar Probing of Shallow Water- Saturated Zones Within Karstified Carbonates in Semi-Arid Environments, Journal of Applied Geophysics.v. 70, iss. 3, p. 181-191.
Boisson, J.; Heggy, E.; Clifford, S. M.; Frigeri, A.; Plaut, J. J.; Farrell, W. M.; Putzig, N. E.; Picardi, G.; Orosei, R.; Lognonné, P.; Gurnett, D. A., (2009), Sounding the subsurface of Athabasca Valles using MARSIS radar data: Exploring the volcanic and fluvial hypotheses for the origin of the rafted plate terrain, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, Vol. 114, E08003, 11 PP., doi:10.1029/2008JE003299.
Carley R.A. and E. Heggy, (2008), Finite Difference Time Domain Simulation of Radar Wave Propagation Through Comet Nuclei Models, Meteoritic and Planetary Science, 43, Nr 6, pp. 1085–1095. 2008.
Phillips, R. J.; Zuber, M. T.; Smrekar, S. E.; Mellon, M. T.; Head, J. W.; Tanaka, K. L.; Putzig, N. E.; Milkovich, S. M.; Campbell, B. A.; Plaut, J. J.; Safaeinili, A.; Seu, R.; Biccari, D.; Carter, L. M.; Picardi, G.; Orosei, R.; Mohit, P. S.; Heggy, E.; Zurek, R. W.; Egan, A. F.; Giacomoni, E.; Russo, F.; Cutigni, M.; Pettinelli, E.; Holt, J. W.; Leuschen, C. J.; Marinangeli, L., "Mars North Polar Deposits: Stratigraphy, Age, and Geodynamical Response," Science, Volume 320, Issue 5880, pp. 1182. 2008.
Khan S.D., E. Heggy and J. Fernandez, (2007), Mapping Exposed and Buried Lava Flows Using Synthetic Aperture and Ground-Penetrating Radar in Craters of the Moon Lava Field," Geophysics, 72, N 6, pp. B161-B174.
Plaut J. J., G. Picardi, A. Safaeinili, A. B. Ivanov, S. M. Milkovich, A. Cicchetti, W. Kofman, J. Mouginot, W. M. Farrell, R. J. Phillips, S. M. Clifford, A. Frigeri, R. Orosei, C. Federico, I. P. Williams, D. A. Gurnett, E. Nielsen, T. Hagfors, E. Heggy, E. R. Stofan, D. Plettemeier, T. R. Watters, C. J. Leuschen, and P. Edenhofer, "Subsurface Radar Sounding of the South Polar Layered Deposits of Mars," Science, 316, 92. (2007).
Heggy E. and P. Paillou, "Mapping Structural Elements of Small Burried Craters Using Ground-Penetrating Radar in the Southwestern Egyptian Desert: Implications for Mars Shallow Sounding," Geophys. Res. Letter, L05202, pp. DOI, 10.1029/2005GL024263. (2006).
Heggy, E., S. Clifford, C. Dinwiddie, R. Grimm,D. Wyrick, B. Hill, "Ground Penetrating Radar Sounding in Mafic Lava Flows: Assessing Attenuation and Scattering Losses in Mars-Analog Volcanic Terrains," Volume 111, E6, E06S04, JGRPlanets, pp. DOI2005JE002589. (2006).
Grimm R., E. Heggy, S. Clifford, C. Dinwiddie, R. Mcginnis and D. Farrell, "Absorption and Scattering in Ground Penetrating Radar: Analysis of the Bishop Tuff," Volume 111, E6, E06S02, JGR-planets, pp. DOI 2005JE002619. 2006.
Paillou P., Y. Lasne, E. Heggy, J.M. Maleziéux, "A study of P-band SAR performances for Mars exploration: Imaging subsurface geology and detecting shallow moisture," Volume 111, E6, E06S11, JGR-planets, pp. DOI 2005JE002528. 2006.
Grandjean G., Ph. Paillou, N. Bahgdadi, E. Heggy, T. August, Y. Lasne, "Surface and Subsurface Structures Mapping Using Low Frequency Radar in Mauritania and Egypt," Journal of African Earth Sciences, Vol. 44, Issue 2, pp. 220–228. 2006.