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Schematic of the diurnal evolution of temperatu...

Schematic of the diurnal evolution of temperature in Titan’s PBL. The red profile repres...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Cartoon depiction of the subsurface methane dis...

Cartoon depiction of the subsurface methane distribution in the three parameterizations ...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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(a) HASI potential temperature profile (dashed ...

(a) HASI potential temperature profile (dashed black line) compared with baseline simula...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Multi-Tsol (simulated Tsols 2–5) evolution of (...

Multi-Tsol (simulated Tsols 2–5) evolution of (a) net downward shortwave flux (solid blu...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Methane table depth (z) exerts a more significa...

Methane table depth (z) exerts a more significant control on methane evaporation rates t...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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The initial methane vapor profile, and thus the...

The initial methane vapor profile, and thus the initial methane gradient between the gro...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Same as Figure 10, but for the MRPS results. (a...

Same as Figure 10, but for the MRPS results. (a) Methane evaporation rate [kg m−2 s−1] s...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Multi-Tsol (simulated Tsols 2–5) evolution of (...

Multi-Tsol (simulated Tsols 2–5) evolution of (a) net downward shortwave flux (solid lin...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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In all porosity ﹩\phi ﹩ = 0.02 simulations, met...

In all porosity ﹩\phi ﹩ = 0.02 simulations, methane evaporation increases the near-surfa...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Soil porosity (﹩\phi ﹩), and thus the fraction ...

Soil porosity (﹩\phi ﹩), and thus the fraction of the surface exposed to the underlying ...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Comparison of the vertical profile of the (a) a...

Comparison of the vertical profile of the (a) air temperature and (b) longwave heating r...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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As in Figure 7, (a) HASI potential temperature ...

As in Figure 7, (a) HASI potential temperature profile (dashed black line) compared with...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Multi-Tsol evolution of the (a) sensible heat f...

Multi-Tsol evolution of the (a) sensible heat flux, (b) surface temperature, (c) net sur...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Multi-Tsol (simulated Tsols 2–5) evolution of (...

Multi-Tsol (simulated Tsols 2–5) evolution of (a) net downward shortwave flux (solid lin...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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(a) HASI potential temperature profile (dashed ...

(a) HASI potential temperature profile (dashed black line) compared with porosity ...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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As in Figures 7 and 12, (a) HASI potential temp...

As in Figures 7 and 12, (a) HASI potential temperature profile (dashed black line) compa...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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(a–d) The diurnal maximum planetary boundary de...

(a–d) The diurnal maximum planetary boundary depth for each methane table depth, regolit...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Comparison of surface energy and PBL depth for ...

Comparison of surface energy and PBL depth for simulations with two different subsurface...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Same as Figure 12, but for the MRPS results. (a...

Same as Figure 12, but for the MRPS results. (a–d) The diurnal maximum planetary boundar...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Difference in subsurface thermal profile for Ts...

Difference in subsurface thermal profile for Tsols 1 and 2 for the baseline 10-layer str...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Diurnal integrated (a) sensible heat flux [MJ m...

Diurnal integrated (a) sensible heat flux [MJ m−2], (b) latent heat flux [MJ m−2], and (...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Multi-Tsol (simulated Tsols 2–5) evolution of (...

Multi-Tsol (simulated Tsols 2–5) evolution of (a) net downward shortwave flux (solid lin...

Victoria L. Hartwick et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Vertical profiles of δ18O (left), δ17O (middle)...

Vertical profiles of δ18O (left), δ17O (middle), and Δ17O (right) for each O-bearing spe...

Tatsuya Yoshida et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Fractionation factor associated with oxygen esc...

Fractionation factor associated with oxygen escape. From top to bottom, the panels show ...

Tatsuya Yoshida et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Rate coefficients of the formation reactions of...

Rate coefficients of the formation reactions of 18O-bearing ozone (top panel) and 17O-be...

Tatsuya Yoshida et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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