Search Results - "Spilker, L.J"

Cassini-VIMS observations of Saturn’s main rings: II. A spectrophotometric study by means of Monte Carlo ray-tracing and Hapke’s theory by Ciarniello, M., Filacchione, G., D’Aversa, E., Capaccioni, F., Nicholson, P.D., Cuzzi, J.N., Clark, R.N., Hedman, M.M., Dalle Ore, C.M., Cerroni, P., Plainaki, C., Spilker, L.J.

“…•Ring spectrophotometric behavior is investigated on VIMS-Cassini radial mosaics.•Light scattering models are used to infer ring composition and physical…”
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Evolving View of Saturn's Dynamic Rings by Cuzzi, J.N, Burns, J.A, Charnoz, S, Clark, R.N, Colwell, J.E, Dones, L, Esposito, L.W, Filacchione, G, French, R.G, Hedman, M.M, Kempf, S, Marouf, E.A, Murray, C.D, Nicholson, P.D, Porco, C.C, Schmidt, J, Showalter, M.R, Spilker, L.J, Spitale, J.N, Srama, R, Sremčević, M, Tiscareno, M.S, Weiss, J

“…We review our understanding of Saturn's rings after nearly 6 years of observations by the Cassini spacecraft. Saturn's rings are composed mostly of water ice…”
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Cassini–VIMS observations of Saturn’s main rings: I. Spectral properties and temperature radial profiles variability with phase angle and elevation by Filacchione, G., Ciarniello, M., Capaccioni, F., Clark, R.N., Nicholson, P.D., Hedman, M.M., Cuzzi, J.N., Cruikshank, D.P., Dalle Ore, C.M., Brown, R.H., Cerroni, P., Altobelli, N., Spilker, L.J.

“…•VIS–IR spectrograms are built from ten Cassini–VIMS ring mosaics.•Spectral properties are inferred using VIS slopes, water ice band depths and I/F…”
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Temperatures, Winds, and Composition in the Saturnian System by Flasar, F. M, Achterberg, R. K, Conrath, B. J, Pearl, J. C, Bjoraker, G. L, Jennings, D. E, Romani, P. N, Simon-Miller, A. A, Kunde, V. G, Nixon, C. A, Bézard, B, Orton, G. S, Spilker, L. J, Spencer, J. R, Irwin, P. G. J, Teanby, N. A, Owen, T. C, Brasunas, J, Segura, M. E, Carlson, R. C, Mamoutkine, A, Gierasch, P. J, Schinder, P. J, Showalter, M. R, Ferrari, C, Barucci, A, Courtin, R, Coustenis, A, Fouchet, T, Gautier, D, Lellouch, E, Marten, A, Prangé, R, Strobel, D. F, Calcutt, S. B, Read, P. L, Taylor, F. W, Bowles, N, Samuelson, R. E, Abbas, M. M, Raulin, F, Ade, P, Edgington, S, Pilorz, S, Wallis, B, Wishnow, E. H

“…Stratospheric temperatures on Saturn imply a strong decay of the equatorial winds with altitude. If the decrease in winds reported from recent Hubble Space…”
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The Opposition Effect in Simulated Planetary Regoliths. Reflectance and Circular Polarization Ratio Change at Small Phase Angle by Nelson, R.M., Hapke, B.W., Smythe, W.D., Spilker, L.J.

“…We measured the change in reflectance and in circular polarization ratio with respect to phase angle of a suite of well-sorted, highly reflective, aluminum…”
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Jupiter's Atmospheric Composition from the Cassini Thermal Infrared Spectroscopy Experiment by Kunde, V. G., Flasar, F. M., Jennings, D. E., Bézard, B., Strobel, D. F., Conrath, B. J., Nixon, C. A., Bjoraker, G. L., Romani, P. N., Achterberg, R. K., Simon-Miller, A. A., Irwin, P., Brasunas, J. C., Pearl, J. C., Smith, M. D., Orton, G. S., Gierasch, P. J., Spilker, L. J., Carbon, R. C., Mamoutkine, A. A., Calcutt, S. B., Read, P. L., Taylor, F. W., Fouchet, T., Parrish, P., Barucci, A., Courtin, R., Coustenis, A., Gautier, D., Lellouch, E., Marten, A., Prangé, R., Biraud, Y., Ferrari, C., Owen, T. C., Abbas, M. M., Samuelson, R. E., Raulin, F., Ade, P., Césarsky, C. J., Grossman, K. U., Coradini, A.

“…The Composite Infrared Spectrometer observed Jupiter in the thermal infrared during the swing-by of the Cassini spacecraft. Results include the detection of…”
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