Titan's changing lakes |
Titan's changing lakes |
 Jan 29 2009, 07:22 PM
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Today's big news?
http://ciclops.org/view/5471/CASSINI_FINDS...ILL_TITAN_LAKES Changes in the south polar region were announced late last year. Is there more to this story now?? |
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Nov 30 2009, 08:50 PM
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Very nice article! Thanks for the link. Though, hmm, there are a lot more empty lakes down in the south polar region than mapped...
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Nov 30 2009, 09:46 PM
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QUOTE (volcanopele @ Nov 30 2009, 03:50 PM)  Though, hmm, there are a lot more empty lakes down in the south polar region than mapped... (I think so, too...a lot more. Topographical information for the S Polar regions will be really helpful.) -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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ngunn Titan's changing lakes Jan 29 2009, 07:22 PM
ngunn Aah, there's this:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/... Jan 29 2009, 07:32 PM volcanopele Here are some the associated graphics:
http://pho... Jan 29 2009, 07:34 PM volcanopele QUOTE (ngunn @ Jan 29 2009, 12:22 PM) Cha... Jan 29 2009, 07:35 PM ngunn That's brilliant, thanks VP. Jan 29 2009, 07:45 PM
Jason W Barnes I actually much prefer that these press releases c... Jan 29 2009, 09:11 PM ngunn QUOTE (Jason W Barnes @ Jan 29 2009, 09:1... Jan 30 2009, 02:14 AM Jason W Barnes QUOTE (ngunn @ Jan 29 2009, 08:14 PM) Whi... Jan 30 2009, 05:33 PM ngunn That is indeed most helpful. Although I'm stil... Jan 30 2009, 08:16 PM rlorenz QUOTE (ngunn @ Jan 30 2009, 03:16 PM) Wha... Feb 4 2009, 03:36 PM Decepticon Does anyone have a radar swath overlay-ed of the s... Feb 2 2009, 10:57 AM titanicrivers QUOTE (Decepticon @ Feb 2 2009, 04:57 AM)... Feb 2 2009, 03:15 PM ngunn Excellent!! Feb 4 2009, 09:11 PM nprev Oh, goodygoodygoody...Santa Ralph hints that a bit... Feb 5 2009, 12:37 AM Juramike Bam! There it is!
Lorenz et al. LPSC (2... Feb 7 2009, 04:48 PM ngunn Brilliant discovery - brilliant paper title!
... Feb 7 2009, 07:20 PM rlorenz QUOTE (ngunn @ Feb 7 2009, 02:20 PM) Bril... Feb 9 2009, 06:22 PM Jason W Barnes QUOTE (rlorenz @ Feb 9 2009, 12:22 PM) Bu... Feb 10 2009, 01:52 AM ngunn Taking this together with earlier VIMS results, ma... Feb 8 2009, 08:37 AM nprev Hmm. Sorry to hear that, Ralph; it was indeed a gr... Feb 9 2009, 07:57 PM ngunn Or perhaps other 'disadvantaged' topics we... Feb 9 2009, 09:15 PM rlorenz QUOTE (ngunn @ Feb 9 2009, 04:15 PM) Perh... Feb 15 2009, 04:21 AM ngunn Great - another potentially variable lake property... Feb 15 2009, 07:51 PM Jason W Barnes VIMS Ontario Lacus paper is now out in print from ... Apr 10 2009, 11:32 PM ngunn A huge thank you (again) for making another fascin... Apr 11 2009, 07:26 AM titanicrivers As above. A very readable and yet compelling pape... Apr 11 2009, 12:28 PM ngunn Is anybody going to have a go at matching the alti... Apr 11 2009, 10:04 PM Jason W Barnes QUOTE (ngunn @ Apr 11 2009, 03:04 PM) Is ... Apr 12 2009, 06:25 PM HughFromAlice The variation in the height of the surface of Onta... Aug 23 2009, 06:08 AM Gsnorgathon Hey! I got lucky and got the whole article. (D... Aug 23 2009, 05:29 PM rlorenz QUOTE (HughFromAlice @ Aug 23 2009, 01:08... Aug 23 2009, 06:26 PM djellison QUOTE (rlorenz @ Aug 23 2009, 07:26 PM) F... Aug 24 2009, 08:01 AM nprev It's a fascinating result, Ralph, and clearly ... Aug 23 2009, 09:08 PM AndyG Reading this made me think of the artwork by Richa... Aug 24 2009, 08:26 AM ngunn BIG changes observed at Ontario Lacus in the 4th a... Sep 1 2009, 11:24 AM titanicrivers QUOTE (ngunn @ Sep 1 2009, 05:24 AM) BIG ... Sep 1 2009, 12:40 PM Hungry4info QUOTE (titanicrivers @ Sep 1 2009, 06:40 ... Sep 1 2009, 01:15 PM ngunn Strange, it works for me OK, although it does invo... Sep 1 2009, 01:34 PM titanicrivers QUOTE (ngunn @ Sep 1 2009, 07:34 AM) Stra... Sep 1 2009, 05:20 PM HughFromAlice QUOTE (titanicrivers @ Sep 2 2009, 02:50 ... Sep 1 2009, 11:30 PM belleraphon1 All..
I found I had to outside the forum and go ... Sep 1 2009, 01:54 PM belleraphon1 And, of course, I copy the wrong abstract... sorry... Sep 1 2009, 01:57 PM remcook How well do the ISS and RADAR 'shorelines... Sep 1 2009, 02:36 PM ngunn I have to admit I'm baffled by the numbers rig... Sep 1 2009, 03:09 PM Sunspot So when will us common folk get to see the T57/T58... Sep 1 2009, 03:40 PM ngunn I've edited my previous post 42 to correct a n... Sep 1 2009, 06:18 PM volcanopele Well, hopefully they will broadcast the oral sessi... Sep 1 2009, 11:34 PM ngunn This presentation will compare apparent shorelines... Sep 3 2009, 11:12 AM Olvegg NASA Cassini Radar Observes Seasonal Change in Tit... Oct 7 2009, 06:11 PM titanicrivers QUOTE (Olvegg @ Oct 7 2009, 01:11 PM) NAS... Oct 8 2009, 03:32 AM ngunn Spectacular changes - and so plain to see! (No... Oct 7 2009, 08:38 PM ngunn I am trying to post the VIMS image of the bottom r... Oct 7 2009, 09:50 PM volcanopele I think the ISS/VIMS/RADAR story is coming along n... Oct 7 2009, 10:02 PM Webscientist QUOTE (volcanopele @ Oct 8 2009, 12:02 AM... Oct 8 2009, 08:54 PM ngunn Link from remcook:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/s... Oct 7 2009, 10:28 PM volcanopele I guess my comment is that I think they have it ba... Oct 7 2009, 11:58 PM Sunspot How wide is thay channel where it appears to open ... Oct 8 2009, 07:53 AM volcanopele The landing site might depend on the season when t... Oct 8 2009, 09:03 PM nprev Hmm. It does seem as if the 'desert' equat... Oct 8 2009, 09:13 PM ngunn QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 8 2009, 10:13 PM) Huyg... Oct 8 2009, 09:53 PM volcanopele Yeah, and storms are not unheard of at the latitud... Oct 8 2009, 09:18 PM nprev Gotcha. I'm definitely thinking flash floods a... Oct 8 2009, 09:36 PM djellison Some posts have been removed from this thread, as ... Oct 9 2009, 04:33 PM titanicrivers Check out Photojournal http://photojournal.jpl.nas... Oct 10 2009, 03:01 PM ngunn VIMS sees specular reflection from Kraken Mare:
Q... Oct 25 2009, 09:48 PM Jason W Barnes QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 25 2009, 02:48 PM) On ... Oct 26 2009, 02:00 PM ngunn And there's so much more - here:
(struggling ... Oct 25 2009, 10:50 PM ngunn Personal anecdote: perhaps not many people remembe... Oct 26 2009, 12:01 AM Jason W Barnes QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 25 2009, 05:01 PM) The... Oct 26 2009, 05:32 PM rlorenz QUOTE (Jason W Barnes @ Oct 26 2009, 01:3... Nov 1 2009, 03:11 PM Jason W Barnes QUOTE (rlorenz @ Nov 1 2009, 08:11 AM) As... Nov 2 2009, 06:54 PM rlorenz QUOTE (Jason W Barnes @ Nov 2 2009, 01:54... Nov 6 2009, 08:58 PM volcanopele QUOTE (rlorenz @ Nov 6 2009, 01:58 PM) Wo... Nov 6 2009, 09:26 PM Jason W Barnes QUOTE (rlorenz @ Nov 6 2009, 01:58 PM) Hm... Nov 7 2009, 05:54 AM ngunn Another morsel from the conference abstracts. Any... Oct 26 2009, 01:34 PM ngunn Catching the lakeshine:
Radar 21st December ... Oct 26 2009, 02:33 PM Jason W Barnes QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 26 2009, 07:33 AM) Cat... Oct 26 2009, 02:46 PM ngunn Yeah, you caught the sun's direct reflection a... Oct 26 2009, 03:04 PM ngunn Thanks, Jason. Congrats to the team and good luck ... Oct 27 2009, 12:41 PM ngunn Excuse a very basic question: would that be one pi... Nov 1 2009, 07:25 PM Juramike QUOTE (ngunn @ Nov 1 2009, 02:25 PM) Excu... Nov 1 2009, 08:05 PM ngunn QUOTE (Juramike @ Nov 1 2009, 08:05 PM) a... Nov 1 2009, 09:17 PM Jason W Barnes QUOTE (ngunn @ Nov 1 2009, 12:25 PM) Excu... Nov 2 2009, 06:56 PM ngunn Article on seasonal and longer term change:
http:/... Nov 30 2009, 10:53 AM volcanopele We shall see. I still think its seasonal. Nov 30 2009, 05:17 PM Jason W Barnes QUOTE (volcanopele @ Nov 30 2009, 10:17 A... Nov 30 2009, 05:37 PM volcanopele Where are the south polar dry lakes? What do you ... Nov 30 2009, 05:53 PM Jason W Barnes QUOTE (volcanopele @ Nov 30 2009, 10:53 A... Nov 30 2009, 07:05 PM ngunn QUOTE (Jason W Barnes @ Nov 30 2009, 07:0... Nov 30 2009, 09:06 PM Juramike QUOTE (ngunn @ Nov 30 2009, 04:06 PM) Of ... Nov 30 2009, 09:54 PM rlorenz QUOTE (Jason W Barnes @ Nov 30 2009, 02:0... Dec 1 2009, 11:23 PM Jason W Barnes QUOTE (rlorenz @ Dec 1 2009, 04:23 PM) Ti... Dec 2 2009, 05:54 PM ngunn I don't have access to the full paper, but fro... Nov 30 2009, 06:00 PM Juramike I really, really, like the idea of the longer term... Nov 30 2009, 07:51 PM ngunn I've been checking authors' websites, but ... Nov 30 2009, 08:32 PM ngunn Yes. And if the lakes 'breathe' into and o... Nov 30 2009, 10:27 PM remcook So, what is new in this paper? The speculation abo... Dec 2 2009, 08:35 AM |
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