NASA Quarterly
UVIS
Q3 - 2010
(May-July 2010)
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UVIS: Science Highlights
Enceladus
Plume Composition
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UVIS solar occ finds water
amount same as from star
occ’s
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Nitrogen upper limit: 0.3%
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UVIS: Accomplishments
• Publications
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5
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In Press (Went into press May-July and also includes still in press from earlier quarters)
2
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Submitted (Submitted May-July and also includes submitted earlier and still in review)
13
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Published 2010 to date:
32
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Published Entire mission
116
• Presentations at scientific conferences (May-July 2010)
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3 paper EGU, Vienna, Austria, May 2-7 (Esposito, Shemansky (2))
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1 paper at Active Enceladus, Bern, Switzerland, June 14-18 (Esposito)
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1 paper at the Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Taipei, Tiawan, June 2010 (Yung)
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3 papers at COSPAR, Bremen, Germany, July 2010 (Colwell, Hansen, Esposito )
• Public Outreach and Press Activities (May-July 2010)
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1: public talks
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0: press releases
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0: press conferences (phone interviews)
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UVIS: Plans
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Science Plans (Aug-Oct 2010)
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Submit paper on waves in the C ring. (Colwell)
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Submit paper on analysis of sharp edges in the occultation data. (Colwell)
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Analyze HDAC T66 and T67 data & get it published (Hedelt)
Publications (Aug-Oct 2010) — In preparation (includes submitted, but not yet published)
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1 papers in review in ApJ
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1 paper in review in ApJ Letters
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1 paper in review in Astron. J.
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1 paper in review in Charged Particles and Photon Interactions with Matter, Taylor Francis
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2 papers in review in GRL
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1 paper in press in the proceedings book of the IAU Symposium 263
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4 papers in review and 1 in press in Icarus
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1 paper in review at JGR
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2 papers in review in Planet. Space. Sci.
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Upcoming presentations at scientific conferences (Aug-Oct 2010)
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4 papers at the ESPC 5, Rome, Sept 19-25 (Esposito, Hedelt, Albers, Esposito for Hansen)
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3 papers at the DPS, Pasadena, Oct 3-8 (Baillie,Colwell), Albers
Public Outreach and Press Activities (Aug-Oct 2010)
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0: public talk
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0: press releases
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0: press conferences (phone interviews)
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Backup Material
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UVIS: Publications - 2010
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Bradley, E. T., Colwell, J.E., Esposito, L.W., Cuzzi, J.N., Tollerud, H., Chambers, L., 2010. Far Ultraviolet Spectral Properties of Saturn’s
Rings from Cassini UVIS. Icarus. 206, 458-466
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Charnoz, S., L. Dones, L.W. Esposito, P.R. Estrada, M.M. Hedman. 2009. Origin and evolution of Saturn’s ring system, A chapter in the
book Saturn From Cassini-Huygens. M. Dougherty et al. Eds. 17, 537-575. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer-Verlag. [All SpringerVerlag chapters were published in October after the Q4 Quarterly Report was submitted]
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Colwell, J. E., P.D. Nicholson, M.S. Tiscareno, C.D. Murray, R.G. French, and E.A. Marouf. 2009. The Structure of Saturn’s Rings. A
chapter in the book Saturn From Cassini-Huygens. M. Dougherty et al. Eds. 13, 375-412. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer-Verlag. pp.
375-412.
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Cravens, T.E. , R. V. Yelle, J.-E. Wahlund, D. E. Shemansky. 2009. Composition and Structure of the Ionosphere and Thermosphere. A
chapter in the book Titan from Cassini Huygens. R.H. Brown et al. Eds. 11, 259-296. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer-Verlag.
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Cuzzi, J., Clark, R., Filacchione, G., French, R., Johnson, R., Marouf, E., and Spilker, L.. 2009. Ring Particle Composition and Size
Distribution. A chapter in the book Saturn From Cassini-Huygens. M. Dougherty et al. Eds. 15, 459-509. Dordrecht, Netherlands:
Springer-Verlag.
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Cuzzi, J. N., J. A. Burns, S. Charnoz, R. N. Clark, J. E. Colwell, L. Dones, L. W. Esposito, G. Filacchione, R. G. French, M. M. Hedman,
S. Kempf, E. A. Marouf, C. D. Murray, P. D. Nicholson, C. C. Porco, J. Schmidt, M. R. Showalter, L. J. Spilker, J. N. Spitale, R. Srama, M.
Sremcevic, M. S. Tiscareno, J. Weiss. 2010. An Evolving View of Saturn’s Dynamic Rings. Science, 327, 1470-1475,
doi:10.1126/science.1179118.
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Dougherty, M.K., Esposito, L. W. and Krimigis, S.M., Eds. 2009. Saturn from Cassini-Huygens. Dordrecht, Netherlands: SpringerVerlag.
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Dougherty, M.K., Esposito, L. W. and Krimigis, S.M., Eds. 2009. Overview. In Saturn from Cassini-Huygens. M. Dougherty et al. Eds.
pp.1-8. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer-Verlag.
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Dzhanoev, A.R., A. Loskutov , J. E. Howard , and M. A. F. Sanjuan. 2009. Chaos stabilization in the three body problem. A chapter in
Recent Progress in Controlling Chaos, eds. M.A.F. Sanjuan and C. Grebogi. World Scientific Review.
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Esposito, L.W., A.R. Hendrix, Eds. 2010. Introduction to Special Issue. Saturn’s Rings and Icy Satellites from Cassini, Icarus. 206, 381
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Esposito, L.W. 2010. Composition, Structure, Dynamics and Evolution of Saturn’s rings. Annual Review of Earth & Planetary Sciences,
38, 383-410.
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UVIS: Publications - 2010
…2010 publications continued:
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Flasar, F. M., K. H. Baines, M. K. Bird, T. Tokano and R. A. West. 2009. Atmospheric Dynamics and Meteorology. A chapter in the book
Titan from Cassini Huygens. R. Brown et al. Eds. 13, 323-352. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer-Verlag.
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Hansen, C. J. ,H. Waite, S. Bolton. Titan in the Cassini-Huygens Extended Mission. 2009. A chapter in the book Titan from Cassini
Huygens. R.H. Brown et al. Eds. 17, 455-478. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer-Verlag.
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Hendrix, A. R. Hansen, C.J., Holsclaw, G. M. 2010. The Ultraviolet Reflectance of Enceladus: Implications for Surface Composition.
Icarus. 206, 608-617
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Howard. J. E. and J. D. Meiss. 2009. Straight-Line Orbits in Hamiltonian Flows. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 105,
Issue 4, 337-352.
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Hubert, B., J. C. Gerard, J. Gustin, V. I. Shematovich, D. V. Bisikalo, A. I. Stewart and G.R. Gladstone. 2010 Cassini-UVIS observations
of the FUV OI and CO Venus dayglow. Icarus. 207, 549-557.
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Jaumann, R., R. Clark, Fr. Nimmo , A. Hendrix, B. Buratti, T. Denk, J. Moore, P. Schenk, S.Ostro and R.Srama. 2009. Icy Satellites:
Geological Evolution and Surface Processes. A chapter in the book Saturn From Cassini-Huygens. M. Dougherty et al. Eds. 20, 637-681.
Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer-Verlag.
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Jaumann R., R. L. Kirk, R. D. Lorenz, R. M.C. Lopes, E. Stofan, E. P. Turtle, H. U. Keller, C. A. Wood, C. Sotin, L. A. Soderblom and M.
G. Tomasko. 2009. Geology and Surface Processes on Titan. A chapter in the book Titan from Cassini Huygens. R.H. Brown et al. Eds.
5, 75-140. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer-Verlag.
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Kurth, W.S., E.J. Bunce, J.T. Clarke, F.J. Crary, D.C. Grodent, A.P. Ingersoll, U.A. Dyudina, L. Lamy, D.G.Mitchell, A.M. Persoon,W.R.
Pryor, J. Saur, and T. Stallard. 2009. Auroral Processes. A chapter in the book Saturn From Cassini-Huygens. M. Dougherty et al. Eds.
12, 333-374. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer-Verlag.
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Liu, X., P.g V. Johnson, C. P. Malone, J. A. Young, I. Kanik, and D. E. Shemansky. 2010. Kinetic energy distribution of H(1s) from the H2
X1+g - a3+g excitation and lifetimes and transition probabilities of a 3(v,J). Astrophys. J. Volume 716, Number 1, 701.
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Liu, X. P. V. Johnson, C. P. Malone, J. A. Young, D. E. Shemansky, and I. Kanik, 2009, Electron impact excitation and emission cross section of the
B1S
 and D 1Pu states and rotational dependence of photodissociation cross sections of the B1S and D 1Pu continua, J. Phys. B, 42, 18520.
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Liu, X., D. E. Shemansky, P. V. Johnson, C. P. Malone, H. Melin, J. A. Young and I. Kanik. 2010. The Saturn hot atomic hydrogen plume:
Quantum mechanical investigation of H2 dissociation mechanisms. Advances in Geosciences, Vol. 19 (Planetary Science), Chap.
30, pp405-426, edited by A. Bhardwaj. World Scientific.
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UVIS: Publications - 2010
…2010 publications continued:
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Mauk, B.H., J. Cuzzi, D. Hamilton, T. Hill, G. Hospodarsky, R. Johnson, C. Paranicas, E. Roussos, C. Russell, D. Shemansky, E.
Sittler,R. Thorne. 2009. Fundamental Plasma Processes in Saturnﾕs Magnetosphere. A chapter in the book Saturn From CassiniHuygens. M. Dougherty et al. Eds. 11, 281-331. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer-Verlag.
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McGrath, M., C. J. Hansen, A. R. Hendrix. Observations of Europa’s tenuous atmosphere. 2009. Europa. eds. R. Pappalardo, W.
McKinnon, and K. Khurana, University of Arizona Press Space Science Series. Melin, H., D. E. Shemansky, and X. Liu, 2009, The
distribution of hydrogen and atomic oxygen in the magetosphere of Saturn, Planet. Space Sci., 57, 1743 (Published Dec. 2009)
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Nagy, A. F., A. J. Kliore, M. Mendillo, S. Miller, L. Moore, J. I. Moses, I. Muller-Wodarg, D. Shemansky. 2009. Upper Atmosphere and
Ionosphere of Saturn. A chapter in the book Saturn From Cassini-Huygens. M. Dougherty et al. Eds. 8, 181-201. Dordrecht, Netherlands:
Springer-Verlag.
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Robbins, S.J., Stewart, G.R., Lewis, M.C., Colwell, J.E., and M. Sremčević. 2010. Estimating the Masses of Saturn's A and B Rings from
High-Optical Depth N-Body Simulations and Stellar Occultations. Icarus. 206, 431-445.
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Shemansky, D. E., X. Liu, and H. Melin, 2009, The Saturn Hydrogen Plume, Planet. Space Sci., 57, 1659
doi:10.1016/j.pss.2009.05.002. (Published Dec. 2009)
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Sittler, E., C. Bertucci, A. Coates, T. Cravens, I. Dandouras, and D. Shemansky. 2009. Energy deposition processes in Titan's upper
atmosphere and Its Induced Magnetosphere. A chapter in the book Titan from Cassini Huygens. R.H. Brown et al. Eds. 16, 393-453.
Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer-Verlag.
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Spencer, J.R., A. C. Barr, L.W. Esposito, P. Helfenstein, A.P. Ingersoll, R. Jaumann, C.P. McKay, F. Nimmo, C.C. Porco, J.H. Waite.
2009. Enceladus: An Active Cryovolcanic Satellite. A chapter in the book Saturn From Cassini-Huygens. M. Dougherty et al. Eds. 21,
683-724. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer-Verlag.
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Tomasko, M. G., and R. A. West. Aerosols in Titan's Atmosphere. 2009. A chapter in the book Titan from Cassini Huygens. R. Brown et
al. Eds. 12, 297-321. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer-Verlag.
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West, R. A., K. H. Baines, E. Karkoschka and A. Sanchez-Lavega. 2009. Clouds and Aerosols in Saturn's Atmopsphere. A chapter in the
book Saturn From Cassini-Huygens. M. Dougherty et al. Eds. 7, 161-179. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer-Verlag.
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Young, J A, C P Malone, P V Johnson, J M Ajello, X Liu1 and I Kanik. 2010. Lyman–Birge–Hopfield emissions from electron-impact
excited N2. J. Phys. B. 43, 135201.
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UVIS: Publications (In Press)
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Hendrix, A.R. and C. J. Hansen. 2010. The Surface Composition of Enceladus: Clues from the Ultraviolet. Proceedings book of the IAU
Symposium 263 (In press Dec. 2009)
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Hedelt, P., Ito, Y., Keller, H.U., Lammer, H., Rauer, H., Reulke, R., Wurz, P., Esposito, L. 2010. Titan’s hydrogen corona. Icarus. (In press
June 10, 2010)
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UVIS: Publications (Submitted)
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Ajello, J.M., R.S. Mangina, R.R. Meier. 2010. UV Molecular Spectroscopy from Electron Impact for Applications to Planetary
Atmospheres and Astrophysics. Eds., Y. Hatano, Y. Katsumura, and A. Mozumder, In Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with
Matter, Recent Advances, Applications, and Interfaces, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton. (Submitted August 2009)
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Albers, N, M. Sremcevic, J.E. Colwell, and L.W. Esposito. 2009. Saturn’s F Ring as seen by Cassini UVIS: Kinematics and Statistics.
Icarus. (Submitted February, 2009)
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Colwell, J. E., L. W. Esposito, D. Pettis, M. Sremcevic, R. G. Jerousek, E. T. Bradley 2010. Saturn’s Rings from Cassini UVIS Stellar
Occultations. Astron. J. (Submitted in May 2010).
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Elliott, J.P. and L.W. Esposito. 2010. Regolith Depth Growth on an Icy Body Orbiting Saturn and Evolution of Bidirectional Reflectance
due to Surface Composition Changes. Icarus. (Submitted Oct. 27, 2009, after submission of Q4 2009 quarterly.)
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Esposito, L.W.E., Albers, N., Meinke, B.K., Sremcevic, M., Colwell, J.E. 2010. Moon-triggered Clumping in Saturn’s Rings. Icarus.
(Submitted October 2, 2009)
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Gerard, J.-C., B. Hubert, J. Gustin, V. I. Shematovich, D. Bisikalo, L. Esposito, A.I. Stewart, 2010. EUV spectroscopy of the Venus
dayglow with UVIS on Cassini. JGR (submitted in May 2010)
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Gustin, J, J.M. Ajello, M.H. Stevens, A.W. Stephan, I. Stewart, K. Larsen, L.W. Esposito, W. McClintock. 2010. Titan Airglow Spectra
from Cassini UVIS: III. FUV Limb Analysis. GRL (Submitted August 2009)
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Gustin, J., I. Stewart, J-C. Gerard, L.W. Esposito. 2010. Characteristics of Saturn’s FUV airglow from limb viewing spectra obtained with
Cassini-UVIS. Icarus. (Submitted around Dec. 3, 2009)
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Liang, M. C., A. S. Wong, D. Henze, M. Adamkovics, K. Boering and Y. L.Yung. 2009. Synergistic study of hydrocarbon photochemistry
in laboratory and planetary atmospheres. Planet. Space. Sci., (Submitted Sept. 2008)
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Liang, M-C. and Y. L. Yung. 2009. Isotopic fractionation of trace molecules in the atmosphere of Titan. ApJ (Submitted in June 2009)
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Shemansky, D. E., and X. Liu, 2009, Saturn Upper Atmospheric Structure from Cassini EUV/FUV Occulations, Planet. Space Sci., (Submitted
November, 2008)
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Stevens, M.H., J. Gustin, J.M. Ajello, J.S. Evans, R.R. Meier, A.W. Stephan, A.I.F. Stewart, K. Larsen, L.W. Esposito, W.E. McClintock. 2010. The
Production of Titan’s Far Ultraviolet Nitrogen Airglow. GRL. (Submitted March 2010)
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Zhang X., Ajello, J.M., and Yung, Y.L.,. 2009. Atomic carbon in the upper atmosphere of Titan. Astrophysical Journal Letters . (Submitted Sept. 2009)
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UVIS: Science Presentations - Q2-2010 (May-July, 2010)
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EGU, May 2-7, Vienna, Austria
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Esposito, L.W.: Boom and Bust Cycles in Saturn’s rings?
• Shemansky, D and Liu, X: The role of H2O in the Saturn ionosphere
• Shemansky D., Liu, X, and Melin H.: The strongly bifurcated H2 electronic emission system
in the Saturn atmosphere
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Active Enceladus, June 14-18, Bern, Switzerland
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Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, June 22-25, 2010, Taipei, Taiwan
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Esposito and UVIS Team: Enceladus’ Plume Solar Occultation
Liang, M.C, Yung, Y.L., Boering, K.A.: Photodissociation and photoionization of molecular nitrogen in the
atmosphere of Titan
COSPAR, July 18-25, 2010, Bremen Germany
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Colwell, J. E., Baillié, K., Esposito, L. W.: Seeing Ghosts in Saturn’s Rings: Ephemeral Gaps in Cassini UVIS
Stellar Occultations.
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Hansen: “Enceladus: UVIS constraints and modeling“
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Esposito: “Stochastic events may lead to accretion in Saturn’s rings“
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UVIS: Outreach - Q2-2010 (May-July, 2010)
• #: EPO: Talks to school children, teachers and public
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Albers: “Unexpected Finds on Saturn's Moons and Rings”, K12 Colorado Teacher's Summit (LASP), Boulder, CO, June 9th, 2010
• #: Press releases
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None this quarter
• #: Press conferences & interviews
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None this quarter
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