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Top panel: N2, CH4, and H densities we supply a...

Top panel: N2, CH4, and H densities we supply as inputs to the 1D model. Above the exoba...

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Model IPH emissions (solid lines) and Lyα brigh...

Model IPH emissions (solid lines) and Lyα brightnesses measured by UVIS (scatter points)...

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The black line shows the lineshape of the solar...

The black line shows the lineshape of the solar Lyα flux at a heliocentric distance of 1...

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UVIS-measured Lyα signal as a function of altit...

UVIS-measured Lyα signal as a function of altitude for the dayside bin centered at the e...

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Geometry of a UVIS scan during the T10 flyby (2...

Geometry of a UVIS scan during the T10 flyby (2006 January 15). The dark-orange region r...

Devin Hoover et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Forward-modeled Lyα brightness profiles from re...

Forward-modeled Lyα brightness profiles from resonant scattering by Titan’s H (blue line...

Devin Hoover et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Schematic illustrating the treatment of single ...

Schematic illustrating the treatment of single and multiple scattering in the 3D model’s...

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High S/N FUV spectra of Titan’s dayside and nig...

High S/N FUV spectra of Titan’s dayside and nightside near the equator around 1000 km al...

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Geometry of the lines of sight to Cassini and t...

Geometry of the lines of sight to Cassini and the Sun for our 1D model. The distance fro...

Devin Hoover et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Wavelength-integrated Lyα source functions with...

Wavelength-integrated Lyα source functions with respect to altitude for the 1D (red line...

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1D Lyα signal profiles in which minor hydrocarb...

1D Lyα signal profiles in which minor hydrocarbon absorption originates from C2H6 only (...

Devin Hoover et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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One-dimensional-modeled Lyα dayglow brightnesse...

One-dimensional-modeled Lyα dayglow brightnesses at latitude bins centered at −80∘, −60∘...

Devin Hoover et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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1D Lyα signal profiles with CH4 absorption remo...

1D Lyα signal profiles with CH4 absorption removed (blue dashed line), minor hydrocarbon...

Devin Hoover et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Atomic H density profiles inferred from UVIS sc...

Atomic H density profiles inferred from UVIS scans at latitude bins centered at −80∘, −6...

Devin Hoover et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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1D Lyα source functions as a function of wavele...

1D Lyα source functions as a function of wavelength between 700 km and 1300 km altitude.

Devin Hoover et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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The damping time of ℓ = 2 p-modes of Saturn, as...

The damping time of ℓ = 2 p-modes of Saturn, as a function of mode frequency. The green ...

Jim Fuller et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Oscillation mode frequencies of our Uranus mode...

Oscillation mode frequencies of our Uranus model as a function of the angular number ℓ. ...

Jim Fuller et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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The damping time of ℓ = m f-modes of Saturn as ...

The damping time of ℓ = m f-modes of Saturn as a function of ℓ. The green line is dampin...

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Energies of Saturn’s ℓ ∼ m f-modes as a functio...

Energies of Saturn’s ℓ ∼ m f-modes as a function of the angular wavenumber ℓ. Black dots...

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Similar to Figures 2 and 4, now showing the dam...

Similar to Figures 2 and 4, now showing the damping time of modes in Jupiter. Top: the d...

Jim Fuller et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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The damping time of ℓ = m f-modes in Saturn, as...

The damping time of ℓ = m f-modes in Saturn, as a function of the angular number ℓ, due ...

Jim Fuller et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Similar to Figure 5 for modes in Uranus.

Jim Fuller et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Top: energies of Saturn’s ℓ ∼ m f-modes as a fu...

Top: energies of Saturn’s ℓ ∼ m f-modes as a function of the angular wavenumber ℓ. Black...

Jim Fuller et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 7

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Top: similar to Figure 8, but now showing the a...

Top: similar to Figure 8, but now showing the amplitude of each of Saturn’s ℓ ∼ m f-mode...

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Similar to Figure 9, but now showing the surfac...

Similar to Figure 9, but now showing the surface radial velocity variations produced by ...

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