Faculty Profile: Nicholas Lombardo

Nicholas Lombardo
Visiting Lecturer in Physics
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in rev. Lombardo, N. A. & Lora, J. M., “Interaction of Trace Species and Three-Dimensional Circulation in Titan’s Middle Atmosphere”, under review in JGR: Planets.
2025. Nixon, C. A., Bézard, B.†, Cornet, T.†, Coy, B. P.†, de Pater, I.†, Es-Sayeh, M.†, Hammel, H. B.†, Lellouch, E.†, Lombardo, N. A.†, López-Puertas, M.†, Lora, J. M.†, Rannou, P.†, Rodriguez, S.†, Teanby, N. A.†, Turtle, E. P.†, +30 others, “Titan’s Atmosphere in Late Northern Summer from JWST and Keck Observations”, Nature Astronomy, †These authors contributed equally.
2024. Light, S., Gurwell, M., Thelen, A., Lombardo, N. A., Nixon, C. A., “Measurements of Titan’s Stratospheric Winds During Equinox with the eSMA”, The Planetary Science Journal, 5, 98.
2023. Lewis, N. T., Lombardo, N. A., Read, P. T., Lora, J. M., “Equatorial Waves and Superrotation in the Stratosphere of a Titan General Circulation Model”, The Planetary Science Journal, 4, 149.
2023. Lombardo, N. A. & Lora, J. M., “The Heat and Momentum Budgets of Titan’s Middle Atmosphere”, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128, e2023JE00806.
2023. Lombardo, N. A. & Lora, J. M., “Influence of Observed Seasonally Varying Composition on Titan’s Stratospheric Circulation”, Icarus, 390, 115291.
2019. Nixon, C. A., Ansty, T. M., Lombardo, N. A., Bjoraker, G. L., Achterberg, R. K., Annex, A. M., Rice, M., Romani, P. N., Jennings, D. E., Coustenis, A., Bézard, B., Vinatier, S., Lellouch, E., Teanby, N. A., Cottini, V., Flasar, F. M. “Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer Observations of Titan 2004-2017”, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 244, 14.
2019. *Lombardo, N A., Nixon, C. A., Greathouse, T. K., Bézard, B., Jolly, A., Vinatier, S., Teanby, N. A., Richter, M. J., Irwin, P. J. G., Coustenis, A., Flasar, F. M. “Detection of Propadiene on Titan”, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 881, L33 - *featured on Sci-News and NASA Astrobiology Institute homepage.
2019. Lombardo, N. A., Nixon, C. A., Sylvestre, M., Jennings, D. E., Teanby, N., Irwin, P. G. J., and Flasar, F. M. “Ethane in Titan’s Stratosphere from Cassini CIRS Far- and Mid-Infrared Spectra”, The Astronomical Journal, 157, 160-170.
2019. Lombardo, N. A., Nixon, C. A., Achterberg, R. K., Sung, K., Jolly, A., Irwin, P. G. J., and Flasar, F. M. “Spatial and Seasonal Variations in C3Hx Hydrocarbon Abundance in Titan’s Stratosphere with Cassini CIRS Observations”, Icarus, 317, 454-469.