Ravat, Dhananjay

Computational geophysicist; dealing with large planetary data sets and inverse problems.

Proposal to NASA to handle magnetic data around the world from the European Space Agencies Swarm mission done on the DLX.

"Moon magnetic and Gravity field data analysis"

Working to derive the global lunar and Mars magnetic field models through memory and time-intensive (they run for a couple of weeks) geophysical inversions for my lunar and Mars geophysical research grants without the UK CCS/HPC. I have been running these computations for the last 2-3 years. With the current and planned improvements, I hope to be able to solve problems that require more memory and speed and generate higher resolution global models of the lunar and Mars magnetic field.. I really appreciate the support and guidance the facility and people provide and the improvements being implemented.

Students:

Adrianne R Gilley

Brooks A Rosandich, Graduate, 02/05/2021

Aspen M Davis, Graduate, 02/05/2021

Software:

Matlab
F90 parallel processing

Publications

2016 - 2019

1. Ravat, D., M. Purucker, N. Olsen, Lunar magnetic field models from Lunar Prospector and SELENE/Kaguya along-track magnetic field gradients, manuscript in the process of being submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets.

Grants

“Source Parameter Interpretation of High Resolution Lunar Magnetic Anomalies from SELENE (Kaguya) and Lunar Prospector Data” from NASA ($281,000) (2016 – 2020).
“The Nature of the Mars Crust from Low-altitude MAVEN and MGS MAG Data and Elastic Thickness Variation from High Resolution Gravity and Topography Models across Northern Lowlands and other Crustal and Magnetic Dichotomy Boundaries” to NASA ($405,000) (2018 – 2021).

Patents