Publications in VIVO

Co-author Network

Palo, Scott E The Victor Charles Schelke Endowed Professor

Positions

Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Professor, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR)
Endowed/Named Professor, College of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor, Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering (ECEE)

Research Areas

Research

research overview

Dr. Palo's research focuses on measuring and understanding the physical processing that control the Earth's upper atmosphere. He develops ground-based radar systems and small satellite systems to study the relevant atmospheric phenomena.

keywords

Small satellite design, meteor radar, upper atmosphere remote sensing, space science, ionosphere and thermosphere physics, remote sensing instrumentation, unmanned vehicle sensors, Arctic sensing, wind turbine noise

Publications

selected publications

conference proceeding
- Experimental Validation of a Wind Turbine Turbulent Inflow Noise Prediction Code. AIAA Journal. 1495-1506. 2016
- Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS) A Science Oriented, University 3U CubeSat 2015
- Design and Scientific Return of a Miniaturized Particle Telescope Onboard the Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment (CSSWE) CubeSat 2014
- A Meteor Wind Radar Measurement Campaign Using the Colorado Software Defined Radar With Meteor Trial Echoes Interpreted Under a Modern Diffusion Theory 2013
- Detection of Atmospheric Turbulence in GPS-RO Amplitude Spectra. 3380-3391. 2012
- Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment: Differential Flux Measurements of Energetic Particles in a Highly Inclined Low Earth Orbit. Geophysical Monograph. 385-+. 2011
- Modeling and analysis of a robust thermal control system based on forced convection thermal switches. Proceedings of SPIE. 2006
- Response of the Upper/Middle atmosphere to coronal holes and powerful high-speed solar wind streams in 2003. Geophysical Monograph. 319-+. 2005
- Middle atmosphere effects of the quasi-two-day wave determined from a General Circulation Model. Earth, Planets and Space. 629-647. 1998
journal article
- Complex Plane Specular Meteor Radar Interferometry. Radio Science. 112-128. 2018
- Detection of plumes at Redoubt and Etna volcanoes using the GPS SNR method. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 26-39. 2017
- High-latitude GPS phase scintillation from E region electron density gradients during the 20-21 December 2015 geomagnetic storm. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 7473-7490. 2017
- Optical Beacon Sensor for Small Unmanned Aerial System State Estimation. Journal of Field Robotics. 477-494. 2017
- Global observations of 2day wave coupling to the diurnal tide in a high-altitude forecast-assimilation system. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 4135-4149. 2017
- New Solar Irradiance Measurements from the Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer Cubesat. Astrophysical Journal. 2017
- Guest Editorial: The 2016 Capstone Design Conference. International Journal of Engineering Education. 1388-1392. 2017
- MinXSS-1 CubeSat On-Orbit Pointing and Power Performance: The First Flight of the Blue Canyon Technologies XACT 3-axis Attitude Determination and Control System. 651-662. 2017
- Experimental characterization of turbulent inflow noise on a full-scale wind turbine. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 219-238. 2016
- Volume magnetization for system-level testing of magnetic materials within small satellites. Acta Astronautica. 1-12. 2016
- Comparative Analysis of Satellite Aerodynamics and Its Application to Space-Object Identification. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 876-886. 2016
- Generation of secondary waves arising from nonlinear interaction between the quasi 2day wave and the migrating diurnal tide. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 7762-7780. 2016
- Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer: A Science-Oriented, University 3U CubeSat. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 328-339. 2016
- Observations of the atmosphere and surface state over Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica using unmanned aircraft systems. Earth System Science Data. 115-126. 2016
- Observations of the atmosphere and surface state over Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica, using unmanned aerial systems. Earth System Science Data. 115-126. 2016
- The Pilatus unmanned aircraft system for lower atmospheric research. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 1845-1857. 2016
- Small Unmanned Aerial System Attitude Estimation for Flight in Wind. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 1300-1305. 2015
- Air-Deployed Microbuoy Measurement of Temperatures in the Marginal Ice Zone Upper Ocean during the MIZOPEX Campaign. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 1058-1070. 2015
- The 2014 Capstone Design Conference. International Journal of Engineering Education. 1723-1726. 2015
- New perspectives on thermosphere tides: 1. Lower thermosphere spectra and seasonal-latitudinal structures. Earth, Planets and Space. 2014
- Transmission of planetary wave effects to the upper atmosphere through eddy diffusion modulation. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 1-6. 2014
- The 2012 Capstone Design Conference. International Journal of Engineering Education. 2-5. 2014
- Technique to produce daily estimates of the migrating diurnal tide using TIMED/SABER and EOS Aura/MLS. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 39-53. 2013
- First results from CSSWE CubeSat: Characteristics of relativistic electrons in the near-Earth environment during the October 2012 magnetic storms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 6489-6499. 2013
- Semi-Empirical Satellite Accommodation Model for Spherical and Randomly Tumbling Objects. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 556-571. 2013
- Small Mission Accomplished by Students-Big Impact on Space Weather Research. Space Weather. 55-56. 2013
- Atmospheric gravity wave effects on polar mesospheric clouds: A comparison of numerical simulations from CARMA 2D with AIM observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2012
- Comparison of diurnal tide in models and ground-based observations during the 2005 Equinox CAWSES tidal campaign (pg 78, pg 19, 2012). Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 107-107. 2012
- A Sensor Package for Ice Surface Observations Using Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 1033-1047. 2012
- Comparison of diurnal tide in models and ground-based observations during the 2005 equinox CAWSES tidal campaign. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 19-30. 2012
- Reward-Lifetime Scheduling Approach to the Autonomous Spacecraft Power Management Problem. Journal of Aerospace Information Systems. 58-67. 2012
- Propagating planetary wave coupling in SABER MLT temperatures and GPS TEC during the 2005/2006 austral summer. Journal of Geophysical Research. 2011
- Short-period gravity waves and ripples in the South Pole mesosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2011
- Measuring Absolute Thermospheric Densities And Accommodation Coefficients Using Paddlewheel Satellites: Past Findings, Present Uses, And Future Mission Concepts. Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 531-549. 2011
- Short-term variability in the migrating diurnal tide caused by interactions with the quasi 2 day wave. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2011
- Small Space Weather Research Mission Designed Fully by Students. Space Weather. 2011
- Drag Coefficients of Satellites with Concave Geometries: Comparing Models and Observations. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 312-325. 2011
- The 2010 Capstone Design Conference. International Journal of Engineering Education. 1160-1163. 2011
- Semiempirical Model for Satellite Energy-Accommodation Coefficients. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 951-956. 2010
- Response of the thermosphere and ionosphere to an ultra fast Kelvin wave. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 2010
- Polar mesospheric cloud structures observed from the cloud imaging and particle size experiment on the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere spacecraft: Atmospheric gravity waves as drivers for longitudinal variability in polar mesospheric cloud occurrence. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2010
- Nonmigrating semidiurnal tide over the Arctic determined from TIMED Doppler Interferometer wind observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2010
- Isolation of the global MLT thermal response to recurrent geomagnetic activity. Geophysical Research Letters. 2009
- Structure of the nonmigrating semidiurnal tide above Antarctica observed from the TIMED Doppler Interferometer. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2009
- An overview of the acoustical activities at the National Wind Technology Center.. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2624-2624. 2009
- Gravity wave observations in the summertime polar mesosphere from the Cloud Imaging and Particle Size (CIPS) experiment on the AIM spacecraft. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 392-400. 2009
- Mesospheric planetary wave effects on global PMC variability inferred from AIM-CIPS and TIMED-SABER for the northern summer 2007 PMC season. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 381-391. 2009
- Short-term variation of the s 1 nonmigrating semidiurnal tide during the 2002 stratospheric sudden warming. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2009
- Kelvin waves in stratosphere, mesosphere and lower thermosphere temperatures as observed by TIMED/SABER during 2002-2006. Earth, Planets and Space. 447-453. 2009
- An intercomparison of meteor radar measurements at the South Pole using two different processing systems. Advances in Space Research. 155-163. 2008
- Tidal variability in the ionospheric dynamo region. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 2008
- Coordinated lidar and TIMED observations of the quasi-two-day wave during August 2002-2004 and possible quasi-biennial oscillation influence. Advances in Space Research. 1462-1470. 2008
- Structure of the migrating diurnal tide in the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM). Advances in Space Research. 1397-1406. 2008
- A time-frequency method for detecting VHF underdense meteor signals. Radio Science. n/a-n/a. 2007
- An eastward propagating two-day wave: Evidence for nonlinear planetary wave and tidal coupling in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. Geophysical Research Letters. 2007
- Monthly tidal temperatures 20-120 km from TIMED/SABER. Journal of Geophysical Research. 2006
- Troposphere-thermosphere tidal coupling as measured by the SABER instrument on TIMED during July-September 2002. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 2006
- Tidal analysis of meridional winds at the South Pole using a VHF interferometric meteor radar. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2006
- Statistical characterization of the meteor trail distribution at the South Pole as seen by a VHF interferometric meteor radar. Radio Science. 2006
- Planetary wave coupling from the stratosphere to the thermosphere during the 2002 Southern Hemisphere pre-stratwarm period. Geophysical Research Letters. 2005
- Eastward-propagating day-to-day wind oscillations in the northern polar mesosphere/lower thermosphere. Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics / Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana. 80-92. 2005
- Diurnal and seasonal variability of the meteoric flux at the South Pole measured with radars. Geophysical Research Letters. 2004
- Climatological lower thermosphere winds as seen by ground-based and space-based instruments. Annales Geophysicae. 1931-1945. 2004
- High- and mid-latitude quasi-2-day waves observed simultaneously by four meteor radars during summer 2000. Annales Geophysicae. 773-788. 2004
- Mesosphere/lower thermosphere prevailing wind model. Advances in Space Research. 1755-1762. 2004
- Monthly mean climatology of the prevailing winds and tides in the Arctic mesosphere/lower thermosphere. Annales Geophysicae. 3395-3410. 2004
- Observations of the 5-day planetary wave in PMC measurements from the Student Nitric Oxide Explorer Satellite. Geophysical Research Letters. 2003
- Some results of simultaneous meteor radar measurements of wind at the Obninsk and Dixon stations. Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics / Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana. 30-39. 2003
- Observations of the 2-day wave in UARS MLS temperature and ozone measurements. Geophysical Research Letters. 3147-3150. 2001
- More total electron content climatology from TOPEX/Poseidon measurements. Radio Science. 325-333. 2001
- Interdiurnal wind oscillations in the Antarctic lower thermosphere from meteor radar measurements at the Amundsen-Scott and Molodezhnaya stations. Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics / Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana. 40-50. 2001
- Intradiurnal wind variations observed in the lower thermosphere over the South Pole. Annales Geophysicae. 547-554. 2000
- Variability of the ionosphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 685-693. 2000
- Radar observations of longitudinal variability of tidal/planetary waves and mean motions in the tropical mesosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2151-2161. 2000
- Intradiurnal wind variations observed in the lower thermosphere over the South Pole. Annales Geophysicae. 547-554. 2000
- Intradiurnal wind variations in the lower thermosphere over the Antarctic from meteor radar measurements. Известия РАН. Физика атмосферы и океана. 786-792. 1999
- Lamb waves in the lower thermosphere: Observational evidence and global consequences. Journal of Geophysical Research. 17107-17115. 1999
- Longitudinal structures in lower thermosphere density. Journal of Geophysical Research. 4373-4385. 1999
- TEC climatology derived from TOPEX/POSEIDON measurements. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 281-298. 1999
- Dynamics of the tower thermosphere over South Pole from meteor radar wind measurements. Earth, Planets and Space. 611-620. 1999
- Transient eastward-propagating long-period waves observed over the South Pole. Annales Geophysicae. 1486-1500. 1998
- TIME-GCM results for the quasi-two-day wave. Geophysical Research Letters. 3783-3786. 1998
- The summertime 12-h wind oscillation with zonal wavenumber s=1 in the lower thermosphere over the South Pole. Annales Geophysicae. 828-837. 1998
- Transient eastward-propagating long-period waves observed over the South Pole. Annales Geophysicae. 1486-1500. 1998
- An intercomparison between the GSWM, UARS, and ground based radar observations: a case-study in January 1993. Annales Geophysicae. 1123-1141. 1997
- Coordinated global radar observations of tidal and planetary waves in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere during January 20-30, 1993. Journal of Geophysical Research. 7307-7318. 1997
- First results of tropospheric gravity wave momentum flux measurements over Christmas Island. Radio Science. 727-748. 1997
- Observations of the quasi-two-day wave in the middle and lower atmosphere over Christmas Island. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 12833-12846. 1996
- HEMISPHERIC PROPERTIES OF THE 2-DAY WAVE FROM MESOSPHERE LOWER-THERMOSPHERE RADAR OBSERVATIONS. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 1279-1288. 1994
- Mean winds and the semiannual oscillation in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere at Christmas Island. Journal of Geophysical Research. 20385-20385. 1993
- MEAN WINDS AND WAVES IN THE TROPOSPHERE DURING ALOHA-90. Geophysical Research Letters. 1317-1320. 1991
- A new meteor echo detection and collection system: Christmas Island mesospheric wind measurements. Radio Science. 657-669. 1990

Background

education and training

Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder 1994
M.S., University of Colorado Boulder 1990
B.S., Clarkson University 1987

awards and honors

Engr Dean's Performance Awards for Junior Faculty (College of Engineering and Applied Science), conferred by College of Engineering and Applied Science, 2007
Engr Dean's Performance Awards in Teaching (College of Engineering and Applied Science), conferred by College of Engineering and Applied Science, 2005
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program (National Science Foundation), conferred by National Science Foundation, 2005

International Activities

global connections related to teaching and scholarly work (in recent years)

Australia Country
Belgium Country
Germany Country
Guatemala Country
Singapore Country

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ORCID iD

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4729-4929