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Schematic configuration of an FRB propagating i...

Temporal Scattering, Depolarization, an...

Schematic configuration of an FRB propagating in a magnetized inhomogeneous plasma scree...

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Map of spatial coverage of the data sets used i...

Compositional Mapping of Europa Using M...

Map of spatial coverage of the data sets used in this study. The black dotted line shows...

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Image-cleaning process for IFS data. The top im...

Compositional Mapping of Europa Using M...

Image-cleaning process for IFS data. The top images show observations of Europa at 1.37 ...

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Mask used to remove unwanted frequencies from t...

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Mask used to remove unwanted frequencies from the Fourier transform of IFS data. The mas...

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Summary of different photometric models (top) a...

Compositional Mapping of Europa Using M...

Summary of different photometric models (top) and images of Europa at 1.65 μm with the p...

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Brightness curves for different photometric mod...

Compositional Mapping of Europa Using M...

Brightness curves for different photometric models of Europa with a solar phase angle of...

The Planetary Science Journal 3 3 72

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Normalized 1.50 μm/1.36 μm spectral ratio for ...

Compositional Mapping of Europa Using M...

Normalized 1.50 μm/1.36 μm spectral ratio for SPHERE and NIMS observations. The NIMS da...

The Planetary Science Journal 3 3 72

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IRDIS two-color observation of Europa (left), a...

Compositional Mapping of Europa Using M...

IRDIS two-color observation of Europa (left), and simulated visible-light reference imag...

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Example endmembers used for spectral modeling. ...

Compositional Mapping of Europa Using M...

Example endmembers used for spectral modeling. The shaded areas show the spectral range ...

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Fit result for spectra from Powys Regio and Dyf...

Compositional Mapping of Europa Using M...

Fit result for spectra from Powys Regio and Dyfed Regio. The left column shows the obser...

The Planetary Science Journal 3 3 72

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Corner plot showing relationship between endmem...

Compositional Mapping of Europa Using M...

Corner plot showing relationship between endmember percentage abundances for the SPHERE ...

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Hydrated sulfuric acid spatial distribution for...

Compositional Mapping of Europa Using M...

Hydrated sulfuric acid spatial distribution for the SPHERE and NIMS data sets. The value...

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Water-ice spatial distributions for SPHERE (top...

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Water-ice spatial distributions for SPHERE (top) and NIMS (bottom). The total water-ice ...

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Spatial distribution of sulfate salt abundances...

Compositional Mapping of Europa Using M...

Spatial distribution of sulfate salt abundances. The top rows show best-estimate abundan...

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Spatial distribution of chlorine-bearing salt a...

Compositional Mapping of Europa Using M...

Spatial distribution of chlorine-bearing salt abundances. As with Figure 13, the top row...

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Reflectance spectra of Cl-bearing salts, H2O ic...

Spatially Resolved Observations of Euro...

Reflectance spectra of Cl-bearing salts, H2O ice, H2SO4 · 8H2O, MgSO4 · 7H2O, and Europa...

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Illustration of the alignment of the slit for o...

Spatially Resolved Observations of Euro...

Illustration of the alignment of the slit for our observations of Europa. The slit was a...

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Signal strength of Europa in the two-dimensiona...

Spatially Resolved Observations of Euro...

Signal strength of Europa in the two-dimensional spectral images. (a) Europa’s signal st...

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Example of the slit position and location of Eu...

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Example of the slit position and location of Europa on the image as captured by the IRCS...

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Observed regions on Europa’s surface map (image...

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Observed regions on Europa’s surface map (image credit: USGS Map-a-planet). The green an...

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Typical reflectance spectra of Europa’s surface...

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Typical reflectance spectra of Europa’s surface. Each curve shows spectra of one area (s...

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Connected reflectance spectra of Europa’s surfa...

Spatially Resolved Observations of Euro...

Connected reflectance spectra of Europa’s surface at wavelengths of 1.0–1.8 μm. The obse...

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Analysis of the shape of the reflectance spectr...

Spatially Resolved Observations of Euro...

Analysis of the shape of the reflectance spectra at 111° ± 25°W, 38° ± 16°S at wavelengt...

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Results of our analysis of the noise level of t...

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Results of our analysis of the noise level of the reflectance spectra at wavelengths of ...

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Estimated upper limits to the abundances of hyd...

Spatially Resolved Observations of Euro...

Estimated upper limits to the abundances of hydrated Cl-bearing salts in our observation...

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