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Rapid and Extensive Surface Changes Near Titan's Equator: Evidence of April Showers by Turtle, E. P., Perry, J. E., Hayes, A. G., Lorenz, R. D., Barnes, J. W., McEwen, A. S., West, R. A., Del Genio, A. D., Barbara, J. M., Lunine, J. I., Schaller, E. L., Ray, T. L., Lopes, R. M. C., Stofan, E. R.

“…Although there is evidence that liquids have flowed on the surface at Titan's equator in the past, to date, liquids have only been confirmed on the surface at…”
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Cassini Encounters Enceladus: Background and the Discovery of a South Polar Hot Spot by Spencer, J. R, Pearl, J. C, Segura, M, Flasar, F. M, Mamoutkine, A, Romani, P, Buratti, B. J, Hendrix, A. R, Spilker, L. J, Lopes, R. M. C

“…The Cassini spacecraft completed three close flybys of Saturn's enigmatic moon Enceladus between February and July 2005. On the third and closest flyby, on 14…”
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Io Volcanism Seen by New Horizons: A Major Eruption of the Tvashtar Volcano by Spencer, J. R., Stern, S. A., Cheng, A. F., Weaver, H. A., Reuter, D. C., Retherford, K., Lunsford, A., Moore, J. M., Abramov, O., Lopes, R. M. C., Perry, J. E., Kamp, L., Showalter, M., Jessup, K. L., Marchis, F., Schenk, P. M., Dumas, C.

“…Jupiter's moon lo is known to host active volcanoes. In February and March 2007, the New Horizons spacecraft obtained a global snapshot of lo's volcanism. A…”
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JIRAM Observations of Volcanic Flux on Io: Distribution and Comparison to Tidal Heat Flow Models by Pettine, M., Imbeah, S., Rathbun, J., Hayes, A., Lopes, R. M. C., Mura, A., Tosi, F., Zambon, F., Bertolino, S.

“…Juno has allowed clear, high‐resolution imaging of Io's polar volcanoes using the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument. We have used data from…”
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Io Hot Spot Distribution Detected by Juno/JIRAM by Zambon, F., Mura, A., Lopes, R. M. C., Rathbun, J., Tosi, F., Sordini, R., Noschese, R., Ciarniello, M., Cicchetti, A., Adriani, A., Agostini, L., Filacchione, G., Grassi, D., Piccioni, G., Plainaki, C., Sindoni, G., Turrini, D., Brooks, S., Hansen‐Koharcheck, C., Bolton, S.

“…In this work, we present the most updated catalog of Io hot spots based on Juno/JIRAM data. We find 242 hot spots, including 23 previously undetected. Over the…”
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Cryovolcanism on Titan: New results from Cassini RADAR and VIMS by Lopes, R. M. C., Kirk, R. L., Mitchell, K. L., LeGall, A., Barnes, J. W., Hayes, A., Kargel, J., Wye, L., Radebaugh, J., Stofan, E. R., Janssen, M. A., Neish, C. D., Wall, S. D., Wood, C. A., Lunine, J. I., Malaska, M. J.

“…The existence of cryovolcanic features on Titan has been the subject of some controversy. Here we use observations from the Cassini RADAR, including Synthetic…”
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Io's Atmospheric Response to Eclipse: UV Aurorae Observations by Retherford, K.D, Spencer, J.R, Stern, S.A, Saur, J, Strobel, D.F, Steffl, A.J, Gladstone, G.R, Weaver, H.A, Cheng, A.F, Parker, J. Wm, Slater, D.C, Versteeg, M.H, Davis, M.W, Bagenal, F, Throop, H.B, Lopes, R.M.C, Reuter, D.C, Lunsford, A, Conard, S.J, Young, L.A, Moore, J.M

“…The New Horizons (NH) spacecraft observed Io's aurora in eclipse on four occasions during spring 2007. NH Alice ultraviolet spectroscopy and concurrent Hubble…”
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Raised Rims Around Titan's Sharp‐Edged Depressions by Birch, S. P. D., Hayes, A. G., Poggiali, V., Hofgartner, J. D., Lunine, J. I., Malaska, M. J., Wall, S., Lopes, R. M. C., White, O.

“…We perform a systematic survey of Titan's sharp‐edged depressions (SEDs) using a combination of Cassini synthetic aperture radar images and delay‐Doppler…”
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Titan as Revealed by the Cassini Radar by Lopes, R. M. C., Wall, S. D., Elachi, C., Birch, S. P. D., Corlies, P., Coustenis, A., Hayes, A. G., Hofgartner, J. D., Janssen, M. A., Kirk, R. L., LeGall, A., Lorenz, R. D., Lunine, J. I., Malaska, M. J., Mastroguiseppe, M., Mitri, G., Neish, C. D., Notarnicola, C., Paganelli, F., Paillou, P., Poggiali, V., Radebaugh, J., Rodriguez, S., Schoenfeld, A., Soderblom, J. M., Solomonidou, A., Stofan, E. R., Stiles, B. W., Tosi, F., Turtle, E. P., West, R. D., Wood, C. A., Zebker, H. A., Barnes, J. W., Casarano, D., Encrenaz, P., Farr, T., Grima, C., Hemingway, D., Karatekin, O., Lucas, A., Mitchell, K. L., Ori, G., Orosei, R., Ries, P., Riccio, D., Soderblom, L. A., Zhang, Z.

“…Titan was a mostly unknown world prior to the Cassini spacecraft’s arrival in July 2004. We review the major scientific advances made by Cassini’s Titan Radar…”
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A global geomorphologic map of Saturn’s moon Titan by Lopes, R. M. C., Malaska, M. J., Schoenfeld, A. M., Solomonidou, A., Birch, S. P. D., Florence, M., Hayes, A. G., Williams, D. A., Radebaugh, J., Verlander, T., Turtle, E. P., Le Gall, A., Wall, S. D.

“…Titan has an active methane-based hydrologic cycle 1 that has shaped a complex geologic landscape 2 , making its surface one of most geologically diverse in…”
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Temporal variations of Titan’s surface with Cassini/VIMS by Solomonidou, Anezina, Coustenis, A., Hirtzig, M., Rodriguez, S., Stephan, K., Lopes, R.M.C., Drossart, P., Sotin, C., Le Mouélic, S., Lawrence, K., Bratsolis, E., Jaumann, R., Brown, R.H.

“…•We retrieve atmospheric haze contributions and surface albedos of 11 Titan regions in the course of the Cassini mission.•The areas including dunes and…”
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Corrigendum: The temporal variability of Io’s hotspots by Mura, A., Zambon, F., Tosi, F., Lopes, R. M. C., Rathbun, J., Pettine, M., Adriani, A., Altieri, F., Ciarniello, M., Cicchetti, A., Filacchione, G., Grassi, D., Noschese, R., Migliorini, A., Piccioni, G., Plainaki, C., Sordini, R., Sindoni, G., Turrini, D.

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The temporal variability of Io’s hotspots by Mura, A., Zambon, F., Tosi, F., Lopes, R. M. C., Rathbun, J., Pettine, M., Adriani, A., Altieri, F., Ciarniello, M., Cicchetti, A., Filacchione, G., Grassi, D., Noschese, R., Migliorini, A., Piccioni, G., Plainaki, C., Sordini, R., Sindoni, G., Turrini, D.

“…We investigate the variability of the power emission of Io’s hotspots by using recent Juno/JIRAM infrared observations. The Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper…”
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Cassini SAR, radiometry, scatterometry and altimetry observations of Titan’s dune fields by Le Gall, A., Janssen, M.A., Wye, L.C., Hayes, A.G., Radebaugh, J., Savage, C., Zebker, H., Lorenz, R.D., Lunine, J.I., Kirk, R.L., Lopes, R.M.C., Wall, S., Callahan, P., Stofan, E.R., Farr, T.

“…► Dune fields is the largest known organic reservoir on Titan. ► To first order, dune fields are less emissive and brighter as one goes north (up to a latitude…”
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Distribution and interplay of geologic processes on Titan from Cassini radar data by Lopes, R.M.C., Stofan, E.R., Peckyno, R., Radebaugh, J., Mitchell, K.L., Mitri, G., Wood, C.A., Kirk, R.L., Wall, S.D., Lunine, J.I., Hayes, A., Lorenz, R., Farr, T., Wye, L., Craig, J., Ollerenshaw, R.J., Janssen, M., LeGall, A., Paganelli, F., West, R., Stiles, B., Callahan, P., Anderson, Y., Valora, P., Soderblom, L.

“…The Cassini Titan Radar Mapper is providing an unprecedented view of Titan’s surface geology. Here we use Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image swaths (Ta–T30)…”
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Geomorphological Map of the Soi Crater Region on Titan by Schoenfeld, A. M., Solomonidou, A., Malaska, M. J., Lopes, R. M. C., Birch, S. P. D., Le Mouélic, S., Florence, M., Verlander, T., Wall, S. D., Elachi, C.

“…We mapped the Soi crater region at 1:800,000 scale and produced a geomorphological map using methodology presented by Malaska, Lopes, Williams, et al. (2016),…”
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The Spectral Nature of Titan's Major Geomorphological Units: Constraints on Surface Composition by Solomonidou, A., Coustenis, A., Lopes, R. M. C., Malaska, M. J., Rodriguez, S., Drossart, P., Elachi, C., Schmitt, B., Philippe, S., Janssen, M., Hirtzig, M., Wall, S., Sotin, C., Lawrence, K., Altobelli, N., Bratsolis, E., Radebaugh, J., Stephan, K., Brown, R. H., Le Mouélic, S., Le Gall, A., Villanueva, E. V., Brossier, J. F., Bloom, A. A., Witasse, O., Matsoukas, C., Schoenfeld, A.

“…We investigate Titan's low‐latitude and midlatitude surface using spectro‐imaging near‐infrared data from Cassini/Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer. We…”
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Regional geomorphology and history of Titan’s Xanadu province by Radebaugh, J., Lorenz, R.D., Wall, S.D., Kirk, R.L., Wood, C.A., Lunine, J.I., Stofan, E.R., Lopes, R.M.C., Valora, P., Farr, T.G., Hayes, A., Stiles, B., Mitri, G., Zebker, H., Janssen, M., Wye, L., LeGall, A., Mitchell, K.L., Paganelli, F., West, R.D., Schaller, E.L.

“…Titan’s enigmatic Xanadu province has been seen in some detail with instruments from the Cassini spacecraft. The region contains some of the most rugged,…”
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Mapping Io's Surface Composition With Juno/JIRAM by Tosi, F., Mura, A., Lopes, R. M. C., Filacchione, G., Ciarniello, M., Zambon, F., Adriani, A., Bolton, S. J., Brooks, S. M., Noschese, R., Sordini, R., Turrini, D., Altieri, F., Cicchetti, A., Grassi, D., Hansen, C. J., Migliorini, A., Moriconi, M. L., Piccioni, G., Plainaki, C., Sindoni, G.

“…The surface composition of Io is dominated by SO2 frost, plus other chemical species identified or proposed over the past decades by combining Earth‐based and…”
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Surface albedo spectral properties of geologically interesting areas on Titan by Solomonidou, A., Hirtzig, M., Coustenis, A., Bratsolis, E., Le Mouélic, S., Rodriguez, S., Stephan, K., Drossart, P., Sotin, C., Jaumann, R., Brown, R. H., Kyriakopoulos, K., Lopes, R. M. C., Bampasidis, G., Stamatelopoulou-Seymour, K., Moussas, X.

“…We investigate the nature and possible formation processes of three areas on Titan's surface which have been suggested as geologically interesting: Hotei…”
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