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Alejandro Soto
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Global Surface Winds and Aeolian Sediment Pathways on Mars From the Morphology of Barchan Dunes
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
21 september 2023
Lior Rubanenko, Andrew Gunn, Sebastian Perez-Lopez...
In the absence of consistent meteorological data on Mars, the morphology of dunes can be employed to study its atmosphere. Specifically, barchan du...
Global Temporal and Geographic Stability of Brines on Present-Day Mars
THE INTERSECTION OF HABITABILITY AND LIFE DETECTION ON MARS I ONLINE SESSION
missions to mars: life detection and habitability | 16 may 2022
Vincent F. Chevrier, Edgard G. Rivera-Valentín, Al...
We present results on mapping the stability of brines of various water activities on the surface of Mars with respect to ice (freezing) and vapor (eva...
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Exploring the Mechanisms Controlling Titan's Detached Haze Layer with a Coupled GCM/Microphysics Model
TITAN: ATMOSPHERE, SURFACE, AND INTERIOR II POSTER
planetary sciences | 16 december 2021
Erika L. Barth, Mark I. Richardson, Claire E. Newm...
Our understanding of the organic haze particles in Titans atmosphere has evolved given the multitude of observations, yet many aspects still remain un...
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Large Eddy Simulations of the Dusty Martian Convective Boundary Layer With MarsWRF
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: PLANETS
01 september 2021
Zhaopeng Wu, Mark I. Richardson, Xi Zhang, Jun Cui...
Large eddy simulation (LES) of the Martian convective boundary layer (CBL) with a Mars‐adapted version of the Weather Research and Forecastin...
Design and Potential of a Compact Low-Cost Reflectance Spectrometer and Fluorimeter
RETURNING TO THE MOON: THE SCIENCE OF EXPLORATION III POSTERS
planetary sciences | 11 december 2019
Leafia Sheraden Cox, Alex H. Parker, Alejandro Sot...
The development of instruments and analytical techniques for use in crewed extraterrestrial missions is crucial for the advancement of human space exp...
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The Next-Generation Planetary Aeolian and Meteorological Investigation (PAMI) mission concept
CONCEPTS FOR FUTURE PLANETARY SCIENCE MISSIONS I ELIGHTNING
planetary sciences | 11 december 2019
Claire E. Newman, Serina Diniega, Ryan C. Ewing, D...
Observations of aeolian landscapes across Venus, Earth, Mars, Titan, Pluto, and Comet 67P suggest complex atmosphere-surface interactions across a wid...
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Titan’s Bistable Climate and the Origin of its Atmospheric Methane
TITAN: THE EXOTIC AND ENIGMATIC MOON I
planetary sciences | 10 december 2019
Alejandro Soto, Jordan Steckloff, Jason M. Soderbl...
Saturns largest moon, Titan, hosts a methane-driven hydrological cycle [1-2]. This methane has been in the atmosphere for less than 470 Myr [3]. Howev...
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Nitrogen Exsolution and Bubble Formation in Titan's Lakes
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
03 december 2019
Kendra Farnsworth, Vincent F. Chevrier, Jordan Ste...
Titan's surface liquids are composed primarily of methane, ethane, and dissolved atmospheric nitrogen. The nitrogen content depends on the alkane c...