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(a) and (c) U.S. SHARAD radargrams showing subs...

(a) and (c) U.S. SHARAD radargrams showing subsurface reflectors interpreted as the base...

Gareth A. Morgan and Bruce A. Campbell, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Global distribution of Amazonian volcanic terra...

Global distribution of Amazonian volcanic terrain as mapped by K. L. Tanaka et al. (2014...

Gareth A. Morgan and Bruce A. Campbell, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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SHARAD detections of the lava flow unit interfa...

SHARAD detections of the lava flow unit interfaces within the Amazonian volcanic terrain...

Gareth A. Morgan and Bruce A. Campbell, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Example of SHARAD coverage over a glacial depos...

Example of SHARAD coverage over a glacial deposit in Phlegra Montes, used in our analysi...

Gareth A. Morgan and Bruce A. Campbell, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Loss tangent values from the split-chirp attenu...

Loss tangent values from the split-chirp attenuation method for the nine volcanic study ...

Gareth A. Morgan and Bruce A. Campbell, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Composition (oxide)-density parameter space for...

Composition (oxide)-density parameter space for basaltic loss tangent ranges based on Eq...

Gareth A. Morgan and Bruce A. Campbell, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Comparison of the H- and L-channel radargrams f...

Comparison of the H- and L-channel radargrams for the Youngest Flow site. Arrows highlig...

Gareth A. Morgan and Bruce A. Campbell, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Equilibrium equatorial jet speed in tidally loc...

Equilibrium equatorial jet speed in tidally locked planets. (a) Upper-level zonal-mean z...

Quentin Nicolas and Geoffrey K. Vallis, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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RK eigenmodes with E = 0, ﹩{ \mathcal S }=0.05﹩...

RK eigenmodes with E = 0, ﹩{ \mathcal S }=0.05﹩, and Trad = 200. (a) Upper-layer geopote...

Quentin Nicolas and Geoffrey K. Vallis, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Gill model properties on the sphere with differ...

Gill model properties on the sphere with different input parameters. (a) Scaled upper-la...

Quentin Nicolas and Geoffrey K. Vallis, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Numerical solution of the Matsuno–Gill problem ...

Numerical solution of the Matsuno–Gill problem (Equations (17a)–(17d)) with E = 0.02 and...

Quentin Nicolas and Geoffrey K. Vallis, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Vertical discretization of the two-level atmosp...

Vertical discretization of the two-level atmospheric model. A staggered grid is employed...

Quentin Nicolas and Geoffrey K. Vallis, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Equilibrium properties of two RoT = 0.1 tidally...

Equilibrium properties of two RoT = 0.1 tidally locked simulations, with (a–c) Trad = 10...

Quentin Nicolas and Geoffrey K. Vallis, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Contributions to the zonal-mean zonal momentum ...

Contributions to the zonal-mean zonal momentum balance in the suite of two-level runs wi...

Quentin Nicolas and Geoffrey K. Vallis, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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RK mode in a high-RoT tidally locked simulation...

RK mode in a high-RoT tidally locked simulation (RoT = 10, Trad = 250). (a) Time series ...

Quentin Nicolas and Geoffrey K. Vallis, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Diagnostics for the existence of RK instability...

Diagnostics for the existence of RK instability in the suite of axisymmetrically forced ...

Quentin Nicolas and Geoffrey K. Vallis, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Evidence that RK modes accelerate superrotation...

Evidence that RK modes accelerate superrotation in a nonlinear axisymmetrically forced r...

Quentin Nicolas and Geoffrey K. Vallis, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Same as Figure 6, but for two simulations with ...

Same as Figure 6, but for two simulations with RoT = 10 and Trad = 10 and 250.

Quentin Nicolas and Geoffrey K. Vallis, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Upper-layer zonal-mean zonal wind in a suite of...

Upper-layer zonal-mean zonal wind in a suite of two-level runs with increasing k = 1 het...

Quentin Nicolas and Geoffrey K. Vallis, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Same as Figure 5, but for axisymmetrically forc...

Same as Figure 5, but for axisymmetrically forced planets. The locations of Earth (⊕) an...

Quentin Nicolas and Geoffrey K. Vallis, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Upper-level zonal-mean zonal wind in two-level ...

Upper-level zonal-mean zonal wind in two-level runs with no drag (dashed lines), our ref...

Quentin Nicolas and Geoffrey K. Vallis, The Planetary Science Journal 7 5

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Color–magnitude diagram of the 78 IC 2395 candi...

Color–magnitude diagram of the 78 IC 2395 candidate members with BP/RP photometry. The 9...

Daniel Rose, Research Notes of the AAS 10 5

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Left: synthesis of the 4480.00–4510.00 Å range ...

Left: synthesis of the 4480.00–4510.00 Å range for HD 124740 (observed spectrum in black...

Richard Monier, Research Notes of the AAS 10 5

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Left: ATCA 9 GHz image showing the detection of...

Left: ATCA 9 GHz image showing the detection of SN 2007it (cyan circle) from 2026 April ...

F. Acero et al, Research Notes of the AAS 10 5

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Top left: ALMA Band 4 continuum image. The whit...

Top left: ALMA Band 4 continuum image. The white box indicates the FOV of the Band 7 ima...

Mary C. Knowlton et al, Research Notes of the AAS 10 5

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