NASA Quarterly
UVIS
Q4 - 2010
(August - October 2010)
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UVIS: Accomplishments
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Science Highlights
– Enceladus flybys on Revs 120 and 121; obtained data (in analysis) on surface composition
and gas plume measurements against the disk of Saturn (Hendrix)
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UVIS: Accomplishments
• Publications
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1
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In Press (Went into press Aug-Oct and also includes still in press from earlier quarters)
4
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Submitted (Submitted Aug-Oct and also includes submitted earlier and still in review)
11
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Published 2010 to date:
34
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Published Entire mission
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• Presentations at scientific conferences (Aug - Oct 2010)
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9 papers at Europlanet (ESPC), September 2010, Rome, Italy (Hedelt, Hendrix, Esposito, Esposito for
Hansen, Gustin (4), Albers)
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10 papers at Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS), October 2010, Pasadena CA (Colwell (2), Gustin, Yung
(4), Baille, Esposito, Meinke)
• Public Outreach and Press Activities (Aug - Oct 2010)
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0: public talks
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0: press releases
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1: press conferences (phone, TV interviews)
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UVIS: Plans
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Science Plans (Nov 2010 - Jan 2011)
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Submit paper on C ring waves. (Colwell)
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Submit paper on analysis of ring edges. (Colwell)
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Analyze holes in rings from stellar occs. (Colwell)
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Analyze Rev 9 solar occultation data (Colwell)
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Investigate HDAC T66 and T67 data & publish results (Hedelt)
Publications (Nov 2010 - Jan 2011) — 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 press in Astron. J.
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1 paper in review in Charged Particles and Photon Interactions with Matter
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1 paper in press in the proceedings book of the IAU Symposium 263
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3 papers in review and 2 in press in Icarus
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2 paper in review at JGR
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2 papers in review in Planet. Space. Sci.
Upcoming presentations at scientific conferences (Nov 2010 - Jan 2011)
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3 papers at AGU, December 2010, San Francisco, (Hendrix, Esposito, Meinke)
Public Outreach and Press Activities (Nov 2010 - Jan 2011)
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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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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. 210 (2010), 270-283.
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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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 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.
Kurth, W.S.,
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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. V. Johnson, C. P. Malone, J. A. Young, I. Kanik, and D. E. Shemansky. 2010. Kinetic energy distribution of H(1s) from the H2
1+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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…2010 publications continued:
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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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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.
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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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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. (In press Sep. 15, 2010).
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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. Icarus (In press Sept. 2010)
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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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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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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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Ajello, J.M, R. S. Mangina, D. J. Strickland, D. Dziczek. 2010. Laboratory studies of UV emissions from proton impact on N2: The
Lyman-Birge-Hopfield Band System for aurora analysis. JGR. (submitted 9/10)
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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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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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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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Pryor W.R., A.M. Rymer, D.G. Mitchell, T.W. Hill, D.T. Young, J. Saur, G.H. Jones, S. Jacobsen, S.W.H. Cowley, B.H. Mauk, A.J.
Coates, J. Gustin, D. Grodent, J.-C. Gerard, L. Lamy, J. D. Nichols, S.M. Krimigis, L.W. Esposito, M.K. Dougherty, A.. Jouchoux, A.I.F.
Stewart, W.E. McClintock, G.M. Holsclaw, J.M. Ajello, J.E. Colwell, A.R. Hendrix, F.J. Crary, J.T. Clarke, X. Zhou. 2010. Discovery of the
Enceladus auroral footprint at Saturn. Nature. (Submitted July 13, 2010.)
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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. J. Kochenash, A.W. Stephan, A.I.F. Stewart, L.W. Esposito, W.E.
McClintock, G. Holsclaw, E. T. Bradley, B.R. Lewis. 2010. The Production of Titan’s Far Ultraviolet Nitrogen Airglow. JGR. (Submitted
Oct 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 - Q4-2010 (Aug - Oct, 2010)
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Europlanet (ESPC), September 2010, Rome, Italy
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Hedelt, P., Ito, Y., Keller, U., Reulke, R., Wurz, P., Lammer, H., Rauer, H., Esposito, L.: Titan’s atomic hydrogen exosphere
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A. Hendrix, T. Cassidy, G. Holsclaw, R. Johnson, C. Paranicas. “Saturn’s Icy Moons: UV Reflectance Spectra and Links to Enceladus Plume
Gases”
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C. J. Hansen, L. Esposito, D. Shemansky A.I.F. Stewart, J. Colwell, A. Hendrix, and R. West. “Composition and Structure of Enceladus’ Plume
from Cassini UVIS Solar Occultation Observation“
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LW Esposito, BK Meinke, M Sremcevic, N Albers “Boom and Bust Cycles in Saturn’s Rings“
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L. Lamy, R. Prange, J. Gustin, W. Pryor, B. Cecconi, P. Zarka, S. Badman, T.Stallard, and D. Mitchell: "Saturn's radio, UV and IR aurorae
observed simultaneously by Cassini”
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D. Grodent, A. Radioti, B. Bonfond, J.-C. Gerard, J. Gustin, and W. Pryor: "Saturn's secondary auroral ring”
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A. Radioti, J.C. Gerard, D. Grodent, B. Bonfond, J. Gustin, and W. Pryor: "Saturn's polar auroral emissions”
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J.-C Gerard, B. Hubert, J. Gustin, V.I. Shematovich, D. Bisikalo, G.R.Gladstone, and L. Esposito: "The EUV spectrum of the Venus dayglow:
observations during the Cassini Venus flyby”
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Albers, N. and Sremcevic, M. "An analytical orbit model of Saturn's F ring strands.”
Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS), October 2010, Pasadena, CA
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Colwell, J. E., Jerousek, R. G., Esposito, L. W. Sharp Edges in Saturn’s Rings: Radial Structure and Longitudinal Variability
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Bradley, E. T., Colwell, J. E., Esposito, L. W. Scattering Properties of Saturn’s Rings from Cassini UVIS Spectra
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Baillié, K., Colwell, J. E., Esposito, L. W. Holes in Saturn’s Rings
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Michael H. Stevens, J. Gustin, J. M. Ajello, J. S. Evans, R. R.Meier, A. I.F. Stewart, L. W. Esposito, W. E. McClintock, A. W . Stephan:
"TheProductionof Titan's Ultraviolet Nitrogen Airglow".
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J. Randazzo, P. Croteau, O. Kostko, M. Ahmed, M. Liang, Y. L. Yung, and K.A. Boering, 2010, Measurements of Isotope Effects in N2
PhotoionizationAnd Implications for Titan's Atmosphere, Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., 42,30.08.
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Y. Yung, X. Zhang, M. Liang, and D. E. Shemansky, 2010, Tholins in theUpper Atmosphere of Titan, Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., 42, 61.08.
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M. C. Liang, X. Zhang, and Y. L. Yung, 2010, Under-produced Ethylene InThe Atmosphere Of Titan, Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., 42, 36.13.
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D. E. Shemansky, Y. Yung, X. Zhang, X. Liu, and J. Kammer, 2010, VerticalStructure Of The Titan Atmosphere From Cassini UVIS Observations,
Bull.Am. Astron. Soc., 42, 36.08.
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Larry W. Esposito, Bonnie Meinke, Nicole Albers, Miodrag Sremcevic, Boom and Bust Cycles in Saturn’s Rings
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Bonnie Meinke, Larry W. Esposito, Nicole Albers, Sremcevic. Classification of F Ring features observed in Cassini UVIS occultations
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UVIS: Outreach - Q4-2010 (Aug - Oct, 2010)
• #: EPO: Talks to school children, teachers and public
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None this quarter
• #: Press releases
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None this quarter
• #: Press conferences & interviews
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Esposito: TV interview in Rome, Catholic News Service, 20 Sept. 2010
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