List of works - María-Paz Zorzano

A Review of Sample Analysis at Mars-Evolved Gas Analysis Laboratory Analog Work Supporting the Presence of Perchlorates and Chlorates in Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article

A full martian year of line-of-sight extinction within Gale Crater, Mars as acquired by the MSL Navcam through sol 900

scientific article

ATMO-Vent: an adapted breathing atmosphere for COVID-19 patients

scientific article published on 26 September 2020

Active ground patterns near Mars' equator in the Glen Torridon region of Gale Crater

scientific article published in 2022

Aeolian transport of viable microbial life across the Atacama Desert, Chile: Implications for Mars

scientific article published on 22 August 2019

Aerosol optical depth as observed by the Mars Science Laboratory REMS UV photodiodes

scientific article

Aerosol radiative impact during the summer 2019 heatwave produced partly by an inter-continental Saharan dust outbreak – Part 1: Short-wave dust direct radiative effect

scientific article published on 30 April 2021

Aerosol radiative impact during the summer 2019 heatwave produced partly by an inter-continental Saharan dust outbreak – Part 1: Short-wave dust direct radiative effect

Aerosol radiative impact during the summer 2019 heatwave produced partly by an inter-continental Saharan dust outbreak – Part 2: Long-wave and net dust direct radiative effect

scientific article published on 10 February 2022

An Optimized Active Sampling Procedure for Aerobiological DNA Studies

scientific article published on 5 March 2023

Analysis of wind-induced dynamic pressure fluctuations during one and a half Martian years at Gale Crater

scientific article

Ar+ ion bombardment dictates glycine adsorption on pyrite (1 0 0) surface: X-ray photoemission spectroscopy and DFT approach

scientific article

Asymmetric Chiral Growth of Micron-SizeNaClO3Crystals in Water Aerosols

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Atmospheric composition of exoplanets based on the thermal escape of gases and implications for habitability

scientific article published on 09 September 2020

Atmospheric movies acquired at the Mars Science Laboratory landing site: Cloud morphology, frequency and significance to the Gale Crater water cycle and Phoenix mission results

scientific article

Author Correction: Aeolian transport of viable microbial life across the Atacama Desert, Chile: Implications for Mars

scientific article published on 15 January 2020

Background levels of methane in Mars’ atmosphere show strong seasonal variations

scientific article published in Science

Calibration and preliminary tests of the Brine Observation Transition To Liquid Experiment on HABIT/ExoMars 2020 for demonstration of liquid water stability on Mars

scientific article

Cirrus-induced shortwave radiative effects depending on their optical and physical properties: Case studies using simulations and measurements

scientific article

Complex noise in diffusion-limited reactions of replicating and competing species.

scientific article published on 7 June 2006

Complex reaction noise in a molecular quasispecies model

Curiosity's rover environmental monitoring station: Overview of the first 100 sols

article

DFT study of electronic and redox properties of TiO2 supported on olivine for modelling regolith on Moon and Mars conditions

scientific article

DFT study of the reduction reaction of calcium perchlorate on olivine surface: Implications to formation of Martian’s regolith

scientific article

Defects on a pyrite(100) surface produce chemical evolution of glycine under inert conditions: experimental and theoretical approaches

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Development of a wind retrieval method for low-speed low-pressure flows for ExoMars

scientific article

Discovery of recurring slope lineae candidates in Mawrth Vallis, Mars

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Distribution and Morphologies of Transverse Aeolian Ridges in ExoMars 2020 Rover Landing Site

scientific article

Evidence for indigenous nitrogen in sedimentary and aeolian deposits from the Curiosity rover investigations at Gale crater, Mars

scientific article

Experimental Investigation of the Atmosphere-Regolith Water Cycle on Present-Day Mars

scientific article published on 8 November 2021

Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars ⬇️

scholarly article

Gender Balance in Mars Exploration: Lessons Learned from the Mars Science Laboratory

scientific article

Habitability: A Review.

scientific article published on 7 January 2016

Himalayan glaciers experienced significant mass loss during later phases of little ice age

scientific article published on 4 September 2017

Implementing bioburden reduction and control on the deliquescent hydrogel of the HABIT/ExoMars 2022 instrument

scientific article

Infrared Spectrometer for ExoMars: A Mast-Mounted Instrument for the Rover.

scientific article published on June 2017

Ladakh: diverse, high-altitude extreme environments for off-earth analogue and astrobiology research

scientific article

Mars Science Laboratory relative humidity observations: Initial results

scientific article

Mars methane detection and variability at Gale crater

scientific article (publication date: 16 December 2014)

Martian Top of the Atmosphere 10–420 nm spectral irradiance database and forecast for solar cycle 24

scientific article

Martian slope streaks as plausible indicators of transient water activity.

scientific article published on August 2017

Measuring Electrical Conductivity to Study the Formation of Brines Under Martian Conditions

scientific article

Metabolt: An In-Situ Instrument to Characterize the Metabolic Activity of Microbial Soil Ecosystems Using Electrochemical and Gaseous Signatures

scientific article published on 11 August 2020

Mirror symmetry breaking as a problem in dynamic critical phenomena

scientific article published on 16 August 2007

Numerical heat transfer study of a space environmental testing facility using COMSOL Multiphysics

scientific article published in March 2022

Observational evidence of a suppressed planetary boundary layer in northern Gale Crater, Mars as seen by the Navcam instrument onboard the Mars Science Laboratory rover

article by John E Moores et al published March 2015 in Icarus

Observations and preliminary science results from the first 100 sols of MSL Rover Environmental Monitoring Station ground temperature sensor measurements at Gale Crater

scientific article

Orbital Context and In Situ Observations of Nili Fossae Olivine-Carbonate

preprint posted December 01, 2021

Orbital Context and In Situ Observations of Nili Fossae Olivine-Carbonate

preprint posted 12 November 2021

PACKMAN – A portable instrument to investigate space weather

scientific article

PRessure Optimized PowEred Respirator (PROPER): a miniaturized wearable cleanroom and biosafety system for aerially transmitted viral infections such as COVID-19

scientific article published on 06 October 2020

Performance of a dust model to predict the vertical mass concentration of an extreme Saharan dust event in the Iberian Peninsula: Comparison with continuous, elastic, polarization-sensitive lidars

scientific article

Planetary boundary layer and circulation dynamics at Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article

Prebiotic chemistry in neutral/reduced-alkaline gas-liquid interfaces

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Pyrite-induced uv-photocatalytic abiotic nitrogen fixation: implications for early atmospheres and Life

scientific article published on 25 October 2019

Quantifying the Congruence between Air and Land Surface Temperatures for Various Climatic and Elevation Zones of Western Himalaya

scientific article

Radiative habitable zones in martian polar environments

scientific article published on June 2005

Reaction-diffusion model for pattern formation in E. coli swarming colonies with slime.

scientific article

Remote temperature retrieval from heating or cooling targets.

scientific article published in May 2006

Role of ferrocyanides in the prebiotic synthesis of α-amino acids

scientific article published on 19 June 2013

Sample Collection and Return from Mars: Optimising Sample Collection Based on the Microbial Ecology of Terrestrial Volcanic Environments

scientific article

Sampling Mars: Geologic context and preliminary characterization of samples collected by the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission

scientific article published on 6 January 2025

Seasonal Variations in Atmospheric Composition as Measured in Gale Crater, Mars ⬇️

journal article from 'Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets' published in 2019

Self-Assembled Structures Formed in CO 2 -Enriched Atmospheres: A Case-Study for Martian Biomimetic Forms

scientific article published in July 2022

Should We Invest in Martian Brine Research to Reduce Mars Exploration Costs?

scientific article published on 27 December 2016

Simple Organics and Biomonomers Identified in HCN Polymers: An Overview

scientific article

Small Lava Caves as Possible Exploratory Targets on Mars: Analogies Drawn from UAV Imaging of an Icelandic Lava Field

scientific article

Solar and wind exergy potentials for Mars

scientific article

Space Environmental Chamber for Planetary Studies

scientific article published on 18 July 2020

Spectral information retrieval from integrated broadband photodiode Martian ultraviolet measurements

scientific article published on September 2007

Subsurface robotic exploration for geomorphology, astrobiology and mining during MINAR6 campaign, Boulby Mine, UK: part I (Rover development)

scientific article

Subsurface robotic exploration for geomorphology, astrobiology and mining during MINAR6 campaign, Boulby Mine, UK: part II (Results and Discussion)

scientific article

Subsurface scientific exploration of extraterrestrial environments (MINAR 5): analogue science, technology and education in the Boulby Mine, UK

scientific article

The HABIT (HabitAbility: Brine Irradiation and Temperature) environmental instrument for the ExoMars 2022 Surface Platform

scientific article

The first Martian year of cloud activity from Mars Science Laboratory (sol 0–800)

scientific article

Toward More Realistic Simulation and Prediction of Dust Storms on Mars ⬇️

scientific article published on 30 July 2020

Toward More Realistic Simulation and Prediction of Dust Storms on Mars

scientific article published in 2021

Transient liquid water and water activity at Gale crater on Mars

scholarly article by F. Javier Martín-Torres et al published 13 April 2015 in Nature Geoscience

UAV Imaging of a Martian Brine Analogue Environment in a Fluvio-Aeolian Setting

scientific article

Unveiling the Subsurface of Late Amazonian Lava Flows at Echus Chasma, on Mars

scientific article published on 28 February 2023

Vertical characterization of fine and coarse dust particles during an intense Saharan dust outbreak over the Iberian Peninsula in springtime 2021

scientific article published on 5 January 2023

Volatile, isotope, and organic analysis of martian fines with the Mars Curiosity rover

scientific article

Water activity in Venus’s uninhabitable clouds and other planetary atmospheres

scientific article

Wind retrieval from temperature measurements from the Rover Environmental Monitoring Station/Mars Science Laboratory

scientific article

List of works by María-Paz Zorzano

A Review of Sample Analysis at Mars-Evolved Gas Analysis Laboratory Analog Work Supporting the Presence of Perchlorates and Chlorates in Gale Crater, Mars

A full martian year of line-of-sight extinction within Gale Crater, Mars as acquired by the MSL Navcam through sol 900

ATMO-Vent: an adapted breathing atmosphere for COVID-19 patients

Active ground patterns near Mars' equator in the Glen Torridon region of Gale Crater

Aeolian transport of viable microbial life across the Atacama Desert, Chile: Implications for Mars

Aerosol optical depth as observed by the Mars Science Laboratory REMS UV photodiodes

Aerosol radiative impact during the summer 2019 heatwave produced partly by an inter-continental Saharan dust outbreak – Part 1: Short-wave dust direct radiative effect

Aerosol radiative impact during the summer 2019 heatwave produced partly by an inter-continental Saharan dust outbreak – Part 1: Short-wave dust direct radiative effect

Aerosol radiative impact during the summer 2019 heatwave produced partly by an inter-continental Saharan dust outbreak – Part 2: Long-wave and net dust direct radiative effect

An Optimized Active Sampling Procedure for Aerobiological DNA Studies

Analysis of wind-induced dynamic pressure fluctuations during one and a half Martian years at Gale Crater

Ar+ ion bombardment dictates glycine adsorption on pyrite (1 0 0) surface: X-ray photoemission spectroscopy and DFT approach

Asymmetric Chiral Growth of Micron-SizeNaClO3Crystals in Water Aerosols

Atmospheric composition of exoplanets based on the thermal escape of gases and implications for habitability

Atmospheric movies acquired at the Mars Science Laboratory landing site: Cloud morphology, frequency and significance to the Gale Crater water cycle and Phoenix mission results

Author Correction: Aeolian transport of viable microbial life across the Atacama Desert, Chile: Implications for Mars

Background levels of methane in Mars’ atmosphere show strong seasonal variations

Calibration and preliminary tests of the Brine Observation Transition To Liquid Experiment on HABIT/ExoMars 2020 for demonstration of liquid water stability on Mars

Cirrus-induced shortwave radiative effects depending on their optical and physical properties: Case studies using simulations and measurements

Complex noise in diffusion-limited reactions of replicating and competing species.

Complex reaction noise in a molecular quasispecies model

Curiosity's rover environmental monitoring station: Overview of the first 100 sols

DFT study of electronic and redox properties of TiO2 supported on olivine for modelling regolith on Moon and Mars conditions

DFT study of the reduction reaction of calcium perchlorate on olivine surface: Implications to formation of Martian’s regolith

Defects on a pyrite(100) surface produce chemical evolution of glycine under inert conditions: experimental and theoretical approaches

Development of a wind retrieval method for low-speed low-pressure flows for ExoMars

Discovery of recurring slope lineae candidates in Mawrth Vallis, Mars

Distribution and Morphologies of Transverse Aeolian Ridges in ExoMars 2020 Rover Landing Site

Evidence for indigenous nitrogen in sedimentary and aeolian deposits from the Curiosity rover investigations at Gale crater, Mars

Experimental Investigation of the Atmosphere-Regolith Water Cycle on Present-Day Mars

Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars ⬇️

Gender Balance in Mars Exploration: Lessons Learned from the Mars Science Laboratory

Habitability: A Review.

Himalayan glaciers experienced significant mass loss during later phases of little ice age

Implementing bioburden reduction and control on the deliquescent hydrogel of the HABIT/ExoMars 2022 instrument

Infrared Spectrometer for ExoMars: A Mast-Mounted Instrument for the Rover.

Ladakh: diverse, high-altitude extreme environments for off-earth analogue and astrobiology research

Mars Science Laboratory relative humidity observations: Initial results

Mars methane detection and variability at Gale crater

Martian Top of the Atmosphere 10–420 nm spectral irradiance database and forecast for solar cycle 24

Martian slope streaks as plausible indicators of transient water activity.

Measuring Electrical Conductivity to Study the Formation of Brines Under Martian Conditions

Metabolt: An In-Situ Instrument to Characterize the Metabolic Activity of Microbial Soil Ecosystems Using Electrochemical and Gaseous Signatures

Mirror symmetry breaking as a problem in dynamic critical phenomena

Numerical heat transfer study of a space environmental testing facility using COMSOL Multiphysics

Observational evidence of a suppressed planetary boundary layer in northern Gale Crater, Mars as seen by the Navcam instrument onboard the Mars Science Laboratory rover

Observations and preliminary science results from the first 100 sols of MSL Rover Environmental Monitoring Station ground temperature sensor measurements at Gale Crater

Orbital Context and In Situ Observations of Nili Fossae Olivine-Carbonate

Orbital Context and In Situ Observations of Nili Fossae Olivine-Carbonate

PACKMAN – A portable instrument to investigate space weather

PRessure Optimized PowEred Respirator (PROPER): a miniaturized wearable cleanroom and biosafety system for aerially transmitted viral infections such as COVID-19

Performance of a dust model to predict the vertical mass concentration of an extreme Saharan dust event in the Iberian Peninsula: Comparison with continuous, elastic, polarization-sensitive lidars

Planetary boundary layer and circulation dynamics at Gale Crater, Mars

Prebiotic chemistry in neutral/reduced-alkaline gas-liquid interfaces

Pyrite-induced uv-photocatalytic abiotic nitrogen fixation: implications for early atmospheres and Life

Quantifying the Congruence between Air and Land Surface Temperatures for Various Climatic and Elevation Zones of Western Himalaya

Radiative habitable zones in martian polar environments

Reaction-diffusion model for pattern formation in E. coli swarming colonies with slime.

Remote temperature retrieval from heating or cooling targets.

Role of ferrocyanides in the prebiotic synthesis of α-amino acids

Sample Collection and Return from Mars: Optimising Sample Collection Based on the Microbial Ecology of Terrestrial Volcanic Environments

Sampling Mars: Geologic context and preliminary characterization of samples collected by the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission

Seasonal Variations in Atmospheric Composition as Measured in Gale Crater, Mars ⬇️

Self-Assembled Structures Formed in CO 2 -Enriched Atmospheres: A Case-Study for Martian Biomimetic Forms

Should We Invest in Martian Brine Research to Reduce Mars Exploration Costs?

Simple Organics and Biomonomers Identified in HCN Polymers: An Overview

Small Lava Caves as Possible Exploratory Targets on Mars: Analogies Drawn from UAV Imaging of an Icelandic Lava Field

Solar and wind exergy potentials for Mars

Space Environmental Chamber for Planetary Studies

Spectral information retrieval from integrated broadband photodiode Martian ultraviolet measurements

Subsurface robotic exploration for geomorphology, astrobiology and mining during MINAR6 campaign, Boulby Mine, UK: part I (Rover development)

Subsurface robotic exploration for geomorphology, astrobiology and mining during MINAR6 campaign, Boulby Mine, UK: part II (Results and Discussion)

Subsurface scientific exploration of extraterrestrial environments (MINAR 5): analogue science, technology and education in the Boulby Mine, UK

The HABIT (HabitAbility: Brine Irradiation and Temperature) environmental instrument for the ExoMars 2022 Surface Platform

The first Martian year of cloud activity from Mars Science Laboratory (sol 0–800)

Toward More Realistic Simulation and Prediction of Dust Storms on Mars ⬇️

Toward More Realistic Simulation and Prediction of Dust Storms on Mars

Transient liquid water and water activity at Gale crater on Mars

UAV Imaging of a Martian Brine Analogue Environment in a Fluvio-Aeolian Setting