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Global thermodynamic, transport-property and dynamic characteristics of the Venus lower atmosphere below the cloud layer by Morellina, Stefano, Bellan, Josette, Cutts, James

“…This study investigates the global characteristics of the Venus lower atmosphere below the cloud layer. Starting from available data regarding species…”
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The First Detection of an Earthquake From a Balloon Using Its Acoustic Signature by Brissaud, Quentin, Krishnamoorthy, Siddharth, Jackson, Jennifer M., Bowman, Daniel C., Komjathy, Attila, Cutts, James A., Zhan, Zhongwen, Pauken, Michael T., Izraelevitz, Jacob S., Walsh, Gerald J.

“…Extreme temperature and pressure conditions on the surface of Venus present formidable technological challenges against performing ground‐based seismology…”
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Origin and mitigation of wind noise on balloon-borne infrasound microbarometers by Krishnamoorthy, Siddharth, Bowman, Daniel C., Komjathy, Attila, Pauken, Michael T., Cutts, James A.

“…High-altitude monitoring of low-frequency acoustic waves (infrasound) on Earth has regained prominence in recent years, primarily driven by improvements in…”
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Venus, an Astrobiology Target by Limaye, Sanjay S, Mogul, Rakesh, Baines, Kevin H, Bullock, Mark A, Cockell, Charles, Cutts, James A, Gentry, Diana M, Grinspoon, David H, Head, James W, Jessup, Kandis-Lea, Kompanichenko, Vladimir, Lee, Yeon Joo, Mathies, Richard, Milojevic, Tetyana, Pertzborn, Rosalyn A, Rothschild, Lynn, Sasaki, Satoshi, Schulze-Makuch, Dirk, Smith, David J, Way, Michael J

“…We present a case for the exploration of Venus as an astrobiology target-(1) investigations focused on the likelihood that liquid water existed on the surface…”
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Aerial Seismology Using Balloon-Based Barometers by Krishnamoorthy, Siddharth, Kassarian, Ervan, Martire, Leo, Sournac, Anthony, Cadu, Alexandre, Lai, Voon Hui, Komjathy, Attila, Pauken, Michael T., Cutts, James A., Garcia, Raphael F., Mimoun, David, Jackson, Jennifer M., Bowman, Daniel C.

“…Seismology on Venus has long eluded planetary scientists due to extreme temperature and pressure conditions on its surface, which most electronics cannot…”
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Numerical Simulation of the Atmospheric Signature of Artificial and Natural Seismic Events by Martire, Léo, Brissaud, Quentin, Lai, Voon Hui, Garcia, Raphaël F., Martin, Roland, Krishnamoorthy, Siddharth, Komjathy, Attila, Cadu, Alexandre, Cutts, James A., Jackson, Jennifer M., Mimoun, David, Pauken, Michael T., Sournac, Anthony

“…The mechanical coupling between solid planets and their atmospheres enables seismically induced acoustic waves to propagate in the atmosphere. We numerically…”
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Detection of Artificially Generated Seismic Signals Using Balloon‐Borne Infrasound Sensors by Krishnamoorthy, Siddharth, Komjathy, Attila, Pauken, Michael T., Cutts, James A., Garcia, Raphael F., Mimoun, David, Cadu, Alexandre, Sournac, Anthony, Jackson, Jennifer M., Lai, Voon Hui, Bowman, Daniel C.

“…We conducted an experiment in Pahrump, Nevada, in June 2017, where artificial seismic signals were created using a seismic hammer, and the possibility of…”
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Photovoltaic operation in the lower atmosphere and at the surface of Venus by Grandidier, Jonathan, Kirk, Alexander P., Jahelka, Phillip, Stevens, Margaret A., Gogna, Pawan K., Crisp, David, Osowski, Mark L., Vandervelde, Thomas E., Atwater, Harry A., Cutts, James A.

“…Low‐intensity high‐temperature (LIHT) solar cells are needed for extended photovoltaic power generation in both the lower atmosphere as well as at the surface…”
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Low-Intensity High-Temperature (LIHT) Solar Cells for Venus Atmosphere by Grandidier, Jonathan, Atwater, Harry A., Cutts, James A., Kirk, Alexander P., Osowski, Mark L., Gogna, Pawan K., Fan, Shizhao, Lee, Minjoo L., Stevens, Margaret A., Jahelka, Phillip, Tagliabue, Giulia

“…Low-intensity high-temperature solar cells that operate effectively in the atmosphere of Venus at various altitudes and also survive on the 465 °C surface of…”
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Extreme environment technologies for NASA's robotic planetary exploration by Balint, Tibor S., Kolawa, Elizabeth A., Cutts, James A., Peterson, Craig E.

“…NASA's 2006 Solar System Exploration Roadmap recommended a set of robotic exploration missions for the next 30 years, in small, medium and large mission…”
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Technology Challenges for Planetary Probes to Dense Atmospheres by Balint, T.S., Cutts, J.A., Kolawa, E.A.

“…Both the 2003 Solar System Exploration Decadal Survey, by the National Research Council, and NASA's 2006 Solar System Exploration Roadmap identified Saturn,…”
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Feasibility of high-spatial-resolution nighttime near-IR imaging of Venus’ surface from a platform just below the clouds: A radiative transfer study accounting for the potential of haze by Davis, Anthony B., Baines, Kevin H., Sutin, Brian M., Cutts, James A., Dorsky, Leonard I., Byrne, Paul K.

“…We use a customized radiative transfer model to show that sharp (∼10 m resolution) images of the Venus surface can be achieved at night in spectral windows…”
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Origin and mitigation of wind noise on balloon-borne infrasound microbarometers by Krishnamoorthy, Siddharth, Bowman, Daniel C., Komjathy, Attila, Pauken, Michael T., Cutts, James A.

“…High-altitude monitoring of low-frequency acoustic waves (infrasound) on Earth has regained prominence in recent years, primarily driven by improvements in…”
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Development of balloon-based seismology for venus through earth-analog experiments and simulations by Krishnamoorthy, Siddharth, Bowman, Daniel, Hough, Emalee, Yap, Zach, Wilding, John D., Jacob, Jamey, Elbing, Brian R., Martire, Leo, Komjathy, Attila, Pauken, Michael, Cutts, James, Jackson, Jennifer

“…Balloon-based seismology through the study of low-frequency seismo-acoustic signals (infrasound) has gained acceptance as a viable way to study seismic…”
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Extended-range Variable Altitude Balloons for Venus atmospheric missions by Bugga, Ratnakumar, Jones, John-Paul, Pauken, Mike, Stariha, Sarah, Cutts, James, Ahn, Channing, Fultz, Brent, Nock, Kerry

“…In-situ exploration of Venus is challenging due to its severe environment, which is benign (∼25 °C and 1 bar) at an altitude of 55 km, but rapidly becomes…”
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AMAT: A Python package for rapid conceptual design of aerocapture and atmospheric Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) missions in a Jupyter environment by Girija, Athul, Saikia, Sarag, Longuski, James, Cutts, James

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A Midsummer Flights’ Dream: Balloon-borne infrasound-based aerial seismology by Martire, Léo, Krishnamoorthy, Siddharth, Komjathy, Attila, Bowman, Daniel, Pauken, Michael, Jacob, Jamey, Elbing, Brian R., Hough, Emalee, Yap, Zach, Lammes, Molly, Linzy, Hannah, Morrison, Zachary, Swaim, Taylor, Vance, Alexis, Simmons, Payton, Cutts, James

“…Aerial seismology (AS) consists in detecting and characterizing atmospheric infrasound induced by ground displacements. Several studies have demonstrated that…”
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Cover Image by Grandidier, Jonathan, Kirk, Alexander P., Jahelka, Phillip, Stevens, Margaret A., Gogna, Pawan K., Crisp, David, Osowski, Mark L., Vandervelde, Thomas E., Atwater, Harry A., Cutts, James A.

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Cover Image by Grandidier, Jonathan, Kirk, Alexander P., Jahelka, Phillip, Stevens, Margaret A., Gogna, Pawan K., Crisp, David, Osowski, Mark L., Vandervelde, Thomas E., Atwater, Harry A., Cutts, James A.

“…The cover image is based on the EU PVSEC Paper Photovoltaic operation in the lower atmosphere and at the surface of Venus by Jonathan Grandidier at al.,…”
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Subscale Prototype and Hangar Test Flight of a Venus Variable-Altitude Aerobot by Izraelevitz, Jacob, Pauken, Michael, Krishnamoorthy, Siddharth, Goel, Ashish, Aiazzi, Carolina, Dorsky, Leonard, Cutts, James, Hall, Jeffery L., Turner, Caleb, Lachenmeier, Tim

“…Venus aerobots, balloon-based platforms capable of floating an order-100kg spacecraft payload, are under active technology development at JPL for…”
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