NASA Quarterly
UVIS
Q1 - 2009
(November 2008 - January 2009)
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UVIS: Science Highlights
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UVIS/VIMS auroral movies show
direct influence of particle precipitation
on Saturns’s auroral oval.
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UVIS: Accomplishments
• Publications
– Published this quarter
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In Press (Went into press Nov-Jan and also includes still in press from earlier quarters)
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Submitted (Submitted Nov-Jan and also includes submitted earlier and still in review)
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Published 2009 to date:
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Published Entire mission
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• Presentations at scientific meetings
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4 papers at AGU in San Francisco, Dec. 15-19. 2008. (Pryor, Colwell, Esposito, Gustin)
• Public Outreach and Press Activities
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1: public talk
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1: press releases
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8: press conferences (phone interviews)
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UVIS: Plans
• Science Plans (Feb - Apr 2009)
– Analysis of Titan Hydrogen from HDAC classification of F ring structures from ring occultations.
• Publications (Feb - Apr 2009) — In preparation (includes submitted up to now, but not yet published)
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– 1 paper in press in Rev. Geophys.
– 2 papers in press in Icarus
– 1 paper in press in World Scientific Review
– 1 chapter in review in the book Chaos in Astronomy. Springer-Verlag.
– 1 paper in review at Scholarpedia
– 4 paper in review at Planet. Space. Sci.
– 1 paper in review at J. Geophys. Res.
– 5 chapters in review in the book Saturn After Cassini-Huygens. Springer-Verlag.
– 5 chapters paper in review in the book Titan from Cassini Huygens. Springer-Verlag.
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Upcoming presentations at scientific meetings (Feb - Apr 2009)
– 1 paper at EGU in Vienna, April 19-24, 2009. (Esposito)
– 1 paper at the LPSC in The Woodlands, Texas: Hendrix
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Public Outreach and Press Activities (Feb - Apr 2009)
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0: press releases
0: press conferences (phone interviews)
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Backup Material
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UVIS: Publications - 2009
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Hansen, C. J., Esposito, L.W., Stewart, A.I.F., Meinke, B., Wallis, B., Colwell, J., Hendrix, A.R., Larsen, K., Pryor,
W., Tian, F.. 2008. Water Vapor Jets in Enceladus’ Plume. Nature, 456, 477-479 (Published Nov. 2008.)
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Pryor, W., P. Gangopadhyay, B. Sandel, T. Forrester, E. Quemerais, E. Moebius, L. Esposito, I. Stewart, B.
McClintock, A. Jouchoux, J. Colwell, V. Izmodenov, Y. Malama, K. Tobiska, D. Shemansky, J. Ajello, C.Hansen,
and M. Bzowski. 2008. Radiation transport of heliospheric Lyman-alpha from combined Cassini and Voyager data
sets. Astronomy and Astrophysics. A&A 491, 21-28. (Published Nov. 2008)
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Glass-Maujean, M., X. Liu and D. E. Shemansky, 2008. Analysis of Electron-Impact Excitation and Emission of
the npσ1Σ+u and npπ1Πu Rydberg Series of H2, Astrophys J. Suppl. Ser., 180, 38-53 (Published Dec. 2008)
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UVIS: Publications (In Press)
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Andre, N., M. Blanc, S. Maurice, P. Schippers, E. Pallier, T. I. Gombosi, K. C. Hansen, D. T. Young, F. J. Crary, S.
Bolton, E. C. Sittler, H. T. Smith, R. E. Johnson, R. A Baragiola, A. J. Coates, A. M. Rymer, M. K. Dougherty, N.
Achilleos, C. S. Arridge, S. M. Krimigis, D. G. Mitchell, N. Krupp, D. C. Hamilton, I. Dandouras, D. A. Gurnett, W.
S. Kurth, P. Louarn, R. Srama, S. Kempf, J. H. Waite, L. W. Esposito, J. T. Clarke. 2009. Magnetospheric Regions
and Associated Plasma Processes: Synopsis of Cassini Observations During Orbit Insertion. Rev. Geophys.
(Accepted June 2008.)
Colwell, J. E., Cooney, J. H., Esposito, L. W., Sremcevic, M. 2009. Density Waves in Cassini UVIS Stellar
Occultatios 1. The Cassini Division. Icarus. (In Press Jan. 2009)
Dzhanoev, A.R., A. Loskutov , J. E. Howard , and M. A. F. Sanjuan. 2008. 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. (In Press Oct 2008).
Dzhanoev, A. R., A. Loskutov, J. E. Howard, and M. A. F. Sanjuan. 2008. Stabilized Chaos in The Sitnikov
Problem, in Chaos in Astronomy. Ed. G. Contopoulos and P. A. Patsis. Proceedings of AIP Conference on Chaos
in Astronomy, Athens, 17-20th Sept 2007. Springer-Verlag. pp 303-308. (In Press Oct. 2008)
Gustin, J., J.-C. Grerard, W. Pryor, P. D. Feldman, D. Grodent and G.Holsclaw. 2009. Characteristics of Saturn's
polar atmosphere and auroral electrons derived from HST/ STIS, FUSE and Cassini/UVIS spectra. Icarus.
(Accepted Sept. 2008)
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UVIS: Publications (Submitted)
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Colwell, J. E., French, R. G., Marouf, E. A., Murray, C. D., Nicholson, P. D., Tiscareno, M. S. 2009. Ring Structure. A chapter in the book Saturn After Cassini-Huygens.
Springer-Verlag. (Submitted in August 2008)
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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. Springer-Verlag. (Submitted Sept. 2008)
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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 book Titan from Cassini
Huygens. Springer-Verlag. R. Brown et al. Eds. (Submitted in September 2008)
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Fouchet, T., J. I. Moses, B. J. Conrath and R. West. 2009. Saturn: Composition and Chemistry. A chapter in the book Saturn After Cassini-Huygens. Springer-Verlag. M.
Dougherty et al. Eds. (Submitted in September 2008)
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Hansen, C. J. ,H. Waite, S. Bolton. Titan in the Cassini / Huygens Extended Mission. A chapter in the book Titan from Cassini Huygens. Springer-Verlag. (Submitted
September, 2008)
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Howard, J.E. 2008. Stability of Hamiltonian Flows. Scholarpedia. (Submitted in October 2008.) No printed copy, just online.
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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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Liu, X., A. Heays, D. E. Shemansky, B. R. Lewis and P. D. Feldman. 2009. Analysis of terrestrial-thermospheric N2 c 1S(0)~b’1S(1) - X 1S dayglow emission observed
by the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, J. Geophys. Res., (Submitted May 12, 2008)
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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’s Magnetosphere. A chapter in the book Saturn After Cassini-Huygens. Springer-Verlag. (Submitted Sept. 2008)
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Melin, H., D. E. Shemansky, and X. Liu, 2008, The distribution of hydrogen and atomic oxygen in the magetospher of Saturn, Planet. Space Sci., (Submitted November,
2008)
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Nagy, Andrew 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 After Cassini-Huygens. Springer-Verlag. (Submitted Sept. 2008)
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Shemansky, D. E., X. Liu, and H. Melin, 2008, The Saturn Hydrogen Plume, Planet. Space Sci., (Submitted November, 2008)
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Shemansky, D. E., and X. Liu, 2008, Saturn Upper Atmospheric Structure from Cassini EUV/FUV Occulations, Planet. Space Sci., (Submitted November, 2008)
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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. A chapter in the book
Titan from Cassini Huygens. Springer-Verlag. (Submitted Sept. 2008)
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Tomasko, M. G., and R. A. West. Aerosols in Titan's Atmosphere. 2009. A chapter in the book book Titan from Cassini Huygens. Springer-Verlag. R. Brown et al. Eds.
(Submitted in September 2008)
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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 After CassiniHuygens. Springer-Verlag. M. Dougherty et al. Eds. (Submitted in September 2008)
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UVIS: Science Presentations - 2009
– AGU in San Francisco, Dec. 15-19. 2008.
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Pryor, W., Stewart, I., Esposito, L., Jouchoux, A., McClintock, W., Holsclaw, G., Eriksson, S., Ajello, J.,
West, R., Hansen, C., Shemansky, D., Clarke, J., Nichols, J., Gustin, J., Grodent, D., Gerard, J., Colwell,
J., Saturn Auroral Movies from Cassini UVIS
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Colwell, Esposito, M. Sremcevic, R. Jerousek, J. Cooney, J. J. Lissauer. Mass Density and Ring Thickness
from Cassini UVIS Stellar Occultations.
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Esposito, Elliott. Regolith Growth and Darkening of Saturn’s Ring Particles
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Gustin, J., W. Pryor, P.D. Feldman, J.-C. Gerard, D. Grodent, G. Holsclaw,AGU Fall Meeting, San
Fransisco, December 2008, Characteristics of Saturn'spolar atmosphere and auroral electrons derived
from HST/STIS, FUSE andCassini/UVIS spectra.
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Kirschvink, J., Parkinson, C., Liang, M., Yung, Y. L., Habitability of Enceladus: Planetary Conditions for
Life.
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Liang, M., Yung, Y. L., Evolution and Origin of Titan's Atmosphere: Constraints from Carbon, Oxygen, and
Hydrogen Isotope Ratios
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Zhang, X., Yung, Y. L., Shia, R., Liang, M., Modeling the Distribution of hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of
Titan.
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UVIS: Outreach - 2009
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#: EPO: Talks to school children, teachers and public
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#: Press releases
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Colwell: Public Talk: Running Rings Around Saturn: The Cassini Mission, University of Central FL, Jan. 15.
Colwell: Source of Geysers on Saturn's Moon May Be Underground Water, UCF Release, December.
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Hansen: Phone Interviews in November: “Water vapour jets inside the plume of gas leaving Enceladus“,
Canadian Broadcasting Corp, Nature (to put together their press release), + podcast, Nature Geoscience, The
Scotsman, New Scientist, AP, National Geographic
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Esposito: Phone interview with National Geographic. Nature of Enceladus jets.
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