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Ring Optical Depth

Ring Optical Depth is a dimensionless radiative transfer metric that quantifies the attenuation of electromagnetic radiation through a planetary ring system due to absorption and scattering by constituent particles, distinguishing it from other ring properties by characterizing the probability of photon interaction per unit area along the line of sight.

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111

Voyager 2 in the Uranian System: Imaging Science Results

B. A. Smith, L. A. Soderblom, R. F. Beebe et al. · Science · 1986 · 455 citations

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Universal interferometric signatures of a black hole’s photon ring

Science Advances · 2020 · 346 citations · Full text

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Voyager Radio Science Observations of Neptune and Triton

G. L. Tyler, D. N. Sweetnam, J. D. Anderson et al. · Science · 1989 · 313 citations

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Cassini Imaging Science: Initial Results on Saturn's Rings and Small Satellites

C. C. Porco, E. Baker, J. Barbara et al. · Science · 2005 · 205 citations

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Compositional Evolution of Saturn's Rings Due to Meteoroid Bombardment

Jeffrey N. Cuzzi, P. R. Estrada · Icarus · 1998 · 176 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. EA
    E. A. Marouf

    San Jose State University, United States

    9 publications · 702 citations

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  2. GL
    G. L. Tyler

    Stanford University, United States

    8 publications · 680 citations

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  3. JN
    Jeffrey N. Cuzzi

    Ames Research Center, United States

    8 publications · 926 citations

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  4. PD
    P. D. Nicholson

    Cornell University, United States

    8 publications · 289 citations

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  5. RG
    R. G. French

    Wellesley College, United States

    7 publications · 233 citations

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Institutions

123

  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    15 h-index

    57 publications

    7.4K citations

  2. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    12 h-index

    35 publications

    4.2K citations

  3. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    12 h-index

    37 publications

    5.8K citations

  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    12 h-index

    48 publications

    8.2K citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    11 h-index

    58 publications

    10.2K citations

  6. Ames Research Center

    Mountain View, United States

    10 h-index

    25 publications

    3K citations

  7. Observatoire de Paris

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    930 citations

  8. University of Hawaii System

    Honolulu, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    624 citations

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  1. Icarus

    45 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 16 publications · 623 citations

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  3. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 7 publications · 230 citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    6 publications · 245 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 6 publications · 259 citations

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