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Caption: Figure 8.
Contribution functions and retrieved TPs for trailing hemisphere datasets: M22-T (top row) and J21-T (bottom row). Columns show the 3T, 2T, and 1T parameterizations. Colored curves are the normalized line center, ν0, contribution functions for the SO2 transitions listed in the legend (frequencies in GHz); larger contribution function values indicate layers that contribute most to the emergent flux. The thicker, solid line is the best-fit TP. Left axes give pressure; right axes show the corresponding altitude. The dashed horizontal black line indicates the modeled surface pressure, quoted with uncertainties calculated from the upper and lower bounds of the SO2 column density.
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