Technical Papers

This page lists my contributions to White Papers, Technical Reports, and Mission Proposals that are not published in peer-reviewed journals.

  1. Olivier Mousis, David H. Atkinson, Richard Ambrosi, Sushil Atreya, Don Banfield, Stas Barabash, Michel Blanc, Thibault Cavalié, Athena Coustenis, Magali Deleuil, Georges Durry, Francesca Ferri, Leigh Fletcher, Thierry Fouchet, Tristan Guillot, Paul Hartogh, Ricardo Hueso, Mark Hofstadter, Jean-Pierre Lebreton, Kathleen E. Mandt, Heike Rauer, Pascal Rannou, Jean-Baptiste Renard, Agustin Sanchez-Lávega, Kunio Sayanagi, Amy Simon, Thomas Spilker, Ethiraj Venkatapathy, J. Hunter Waite, Peter Wurz (2019), In situ Exploration of the Giant Planets, ESA Voyage 2050 White Paper (https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.00917)

  2. Leigh N. Fletcher, Nicolas André, David Andrews, Michele Bannister, Emma Bunce, Thibault Cavalié, Sébastien Charnoz, Francesca Ferri, Jonathan Fortney, Davide Grassi, Léa Griton, Paul Hartogh, Ravit Helled, Ricardo Hueso, Geraint Jones, Yohai Kaspi, Laurent Lamy, Adam Masters, Henrik Melin, Julianne Moses, Olivier Mousis, Nadine Nettleman, Christina Plainaki, Elias Roussos, Jürgen Schmidt, Amy Simon, Gabriel Tobie, Paolo Tortora, Federico Tosi, Diego Turrini (2019), Ice Giant Systems: The Scientific Potential of Missions to the Uranus and Neptune Systems (ESA Voyage 2050 White Paper), (https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.02963)

  3. James M. Bauer, Stefanie Milam, Gordon Bjoraker, Sean Carey, Doris Daou, Leigh Fletcher, Walt Harris, Paul Hartogh, Christine Hartzell, Amanda Hendrix, Carrie Nugent, Andy Rivkin, Timothy Swindle, Cristina Thomas, Matthew S. Tiscareno, Geronimo Villanueva, Scott Wolk (2019), Planetary Science with Astrophysical Assets: Defining the Core Capabilities of Platforms, submitted to the US Astrophysics Decadal Survey (https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.05838)

  4. H.B. Hammel, M.E. Moutamid, L.N. Fletcher, B. Holler, M.S.P. Kelley, H. Melin, S. Milam, C. Nixon, J. Norwood, A. Parker, A. Rivkin, P. Santos-Sanz, G. Sonneborn, J. Stansberry, M. Tiscareno, C. Thomas, G.L. Villanueva (2019), Astro2020 Science White Paper: Solar System Science with the James Webb Space Telescope, submitted to the US Astrophysics Decadal Survey

  5. L.N. Fletcher, G.S. Orton, A. Adriani, G. Bjoraker, S. Casewell, S. Cowley, I. de Pater, T. Encrenaz, D. Grassi, S. Guerlet, B. Hesman, R. Hueso, P. Irwin, M. Janssen, S. Perez-Hoyos, K. Retherford, A. Sanchez-Lavega, A. Simon, J. Sinclair, T. Stallard, N. Teanby, O. Witasse (2015), Joint Exploration of Jupiter by Juno and ESO (2016-2018), White Paper Submitted to the ESO Director of Science

  6. Skidmore et al. (2015), Thirty Meter Telescope Detailed Science Case: 2015, http://arxiv.org/abs/1505.01195

  7. Arridge et al. (2015), Uranus Pathfinder Proposal, Submitted to ESA M4 Competition.

  8. Mousis et al. (2015), Hera Saturn Entry Probe Mission Proposal, Submitted to ESA M4 Competition.

  9. Tinetti et al., (2015), ARIEL Exoplanet Spectroscopic Mission Proposal, Submitted to ESA M4 Competition.

  10. Dmitri Titov, Olivier Grasset, Leigh N. Fletcher, Stas Barabash, Lorenzo Bruzzone, Michele Dougherty, Christian Erd, Philippe Gare, Randall Gladstone, Leonid Gurvits, Paul Hartogh, Hauke Hussmann, Luciano Iess, Ralf Jaumann, Yves Langevin, Pasquale Palumbo, Giuseppe Piccioni, Giuseppe Sarri, Jan-Erik Wahlund (2014), JUICE: Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Definition Phase Report [Red Book] http://sci.esa.int/juice/54994-juice-definition-study-report/

  11. Leigh Fletcher, Olivier Grasset, Dmitri Titov and the JUICE Science Working Team (2013), JUICE Science Observation Scenarios, Technical Note December 2013, JUI-EST-SGS-TN-001

  12. Fletcher, L.N., Irwin, P.G.J., Swinyard, B., Melin, H., Badman, S., O’Donoghue, J., Casewell, S., Bowles, N., Weidman, D., Rengel, M. et al., Exploring Planetary Origins and Environments in the Infrared: A Planetary Science Infrared Observatory, White Paper for ESA L2/L3 Science Themes, (2013).

  13. Mousis, O., Fletcher, L.N., et al., In Situ Exploration of the Giant Planets and a Saturn Entry Probe Concept, White Paper for ESA L2/L3 Science Themes, (2013).

  14. Arridge, C. et al., The Science Case for an Orbital Mission to Uranus, White Paper for ESA L2/L3 Science Themes, (2013).

  15. Adam Masters, Stefano Campagnola, Andrew Coates, Javier Ruiz, Sébastien Charnoz, Leigh Fletcher, Francesco Marzari, Bruno Christophe, Craig Agnor, Nadine Nettelmann, Nicholas Achilleos et al., Neptune and Triton: Essential Pieces of the Solar System Puzzle, White Paper for ESA L2/L3 Science Themes, (2013).

  16. Fraser Clarke, Niranjan Thatte, Matthias Tecza, Kieran O’Brien, Ryan Houghton, Dane Tice, Leigh Fletcher, Pat Irwin, Aprajita Verma, Richard Dekany, Rick Buruss, Jenny Roberts, (2013), High resolution in three dimensions with SWIFT and PALM3K, Proceedings of the Third AO4ELT Conference. Firenze, Italy, May 26-31, 2013 (http://dx.doi.org/10.12839/AO4ELT3.13428)

  17. Joanna K. Barstow, Suzanne Aigrain, Patrick G. J. Irwin, Neil Bowles, Leigh N. Fletcher and Jae-Min Lee, (2013), From spectra to atmospheres: solving the underconstrained retrieval problem for exoplanets, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Volume 8, Symposium S299, June 2013, pp 275-276 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1743921313008569).

  18. Irwin, P.G.J. +Fletcher as co-investigator, Jupiter System Thermal Infrared Mapper (JSTIM), Proposal to ESA for JUICE mission. PI: Irwin

  19. Michele Dougherty, Olivier Grasset, Emma Bunce, Athena Coustenis, Michel Blanc, Andrew Coates, Angioletta Coradini, Pierre Drossart, Leigh Fletcher, Hauke Hussmann, Ralf Jaumann, Norbert Krupp, Olga Prieto-Ballesteros, Paolo Tortora, Federico Tosi, Tim Van Hoolst, JUICE Assessment Study Report: Exploring the emergence of habitable worlds around gas giants (Yellow Book), January 2012. http://sci.esa.int/juice/49837-juice-assessment-study-report-yellow-book/

  20. Dougherty, M., Greeley, R., Lebreton, J.P., Titov, D., Pappalardo, R.T., Coustenis, A., Grasset, O., Bunce, E., Senske, D., Prockter, L., and the Joint Science Definition Team (Fletcher & 47 co-authors) EJSM-Laplace: Exploring the emergence of habitable worlds around gas giants, Assessment Study Report, February 2011.

  21. Greeley, R., Dougherty, M., Pappalardo, R.T., Lebreton, J.P., and the Joint Science Definition Team (Fletcher & 47 co-authors), Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM): 2010 Joint Jupiter Science Definition Team Report to NASA, November 2010.

  22. Tinetti, G., (2010), Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory (EChO), ESA M3 Mission Proposal

  23. Christopher S. Arridge, Craig B. Agnor, Nicolas André, Kevin H. Baines, Leigh N. Fletcher, Daniel Gautier, Mark Hofstadter, Geraint H. Jones, Laurent Lamy, Yves Langevin, Olivier Mousis, Nadine Nettelmann, Christopher T. Russell, Tom Stallard, Gabriel Tobie and Matthew S. Tiscareno on behalf of the Uranus Pathfinder consortium, (2010), Uranus Pathfinder: Exploring the Origins and Evolution of Ice Giant Planets, ESA M3 Mission Proposal

  24. F. Marchis, R. Hueso, O. Mousis, G. Orton, L.N. Fletcher, S. Perez-Hoyos, IAU Circ 9060, Jupiter, 3, Jul. 2009

  25. Wong, M.H., M. Ádámkovics, S.K. Atreya, D. Banfield, J. Bell, S. Benecchi, G. Bjoraker, J.R. Casani, J.T. Clarke, I. de Pater, S.G. Edgington, L.N. Fletcher, R.G. French, W. Grundy, A.R. Hendrix, E. Karkoschka, J.-Y. Li, F. Marchis, M.A. McGrath, W.J. Merline, J.I. Moses, K. Noll, G.S. Orton, K.A. Rages, K. Retherford, K. Sayanagi, N. Schneider, E.H. Smith, L. A. Sromovsky, N. J. Strange, A. Verbiscer, P.A. Yanamandra-Fisher (2009) A dedicated space observatory for time-domain solar system science. White Paper submitted to the 2009-2011 Planetary Science Decadal Survey.

  26. Glenn S. Orton, L. N. Fletcher, T. Stallard, K. Baines, K. M. Sayanagi, Y. Yung, S. Edgington, S. Gulkis, J. Moses, F. J. Martin-Torres, U. Dyudina, B. Marty, N. Teanby, P.G.J. Irwin, T. Cavalié, D.H. Atkinson, O. Mousis, A.J. Friedson, T.R. Spilker, M. Hofstadter, R. Morales-Juberias, A.P. Showman, X. Liu, P. Hartogh, M. Wong, T.R. Spilker, M.B. Lystrup, A. Coustenis, T. Greathouse, R. K. Achterberg, G.L. Bjoraker, S.S. Limaye, P. Read, D. Gautier, D.S. Choi, T. Kostiuk, D. Huestis, A.F. Nagy, M. Choukroun, I. Muller-Wodarg, P. Yanamandra-Fisher (2009), Saturn Atmospheric Science in the Next Decade, Planetary Science Decadal Survey 2013-2023 White Paper.

  27. L.N. Fletcher, G. Orton, T. Stallard, K. Baines, K. M. Sayanagi, F. J. Martin-Torres, M. Hofstadter, I. de Pater, S. Edgington, R. Morales-Juberias, T. Livengood, D. Huestis, P. Hartogh, D.H. Atkinson, J. Moses, M. Wong, U. Dyudina, A.J. Friedson, T.R. Spilker, R.T. Pappalardo, P.G.J. Irwin, N. Teanby, T. Cavalié, O. Mousis, A.P. Showman, X. Liu, M.B. Lystrup, S. Gulkis, T. Greathouse, R. K. Achterberg, G.L. Bjoraker, S.S. Limaye, P. Read, D. Gautier, D.S. Choi, T. Kostiuk, A.F. Nagy, M. Choukroun, I. Muller-Wodarg, P. Yanamandra-Fisher (2009), Jupiter Atmospheric Science in the Next Decade, Planetary Science Decadal Survey 2013-2023 White Paper.

  28. M. Hofstadter, G.S. Orton, L.N. Fletcher, Don Banfield, Linda Brown, Thibault Cavalie, Imke de Pater, Scott Edgington, A. James Friedson, Daniel Gautier, Sam Gulkis, Mark Gurwell, Patrick Irwin, Erich Karkoschka, Jean-Pierre Lebreton, Julianne Moses, Kathy Rages, Peter Read, Adam P. Showman, Nicholas Teanby, P. Yanamandra-Fisher (2009), The Atmospheres of the Ice Giants, Uranus and Neptune, Planetary Science Decadal Survey 2013-2023 White Paper.

  29. Shao, M., Bairstow, S., Deems, E., Fletcher, L.N., Levine, B.M., Orton, G.; Vasisht, G., Zhao, F., Clampin, M., Lyon, R.G.; Guyon, O., Lane, B.F., Havey, K.. Wynn, J., Samuele, R., Vasudevan, G., Woodruff, R.A., Tolls, V., Malbet, F., Leger, A., Direct Detection and Spectroscopy of Exo-Earths; Direct Detection of Earths and the Need for High Angular Resolution; Astro2010: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, Science White Papers, no. 272

  30. Shao, M., Bairstow, S., Deems, E., Fletcher, L.N., Levine, B.M., Orton, G.; Vasisht, G., Zhao, F., Clampin, M., Lyon, R.G.; Guyon, O., Lane, B.F., Havey, K.. Wynn, J., Samuele, R., Vasudevan, G., Woodruff, R.A., Tolls, V., Malbet, F., Leger, A., Direct Detection and Spectroscopy of Exo-Earths; The Need for High Angular Resolution and Other Observational Requirements; Astro2010: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, Science White Papers, no. 273

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Leigh Fletcher
Professor of Planetary Science