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Item Data from the Cornell coherent scatter radar imagerHysell, D.L. (2024-03-11)This archive contains data from the Cornell coherent scatter radar interferometer which has been deployed in numerous sites around the world including the Caribbean, Alaska, and in Ithaca, New York. The data are partially reduced and exist here in the form of spectra and interferometric cross spectra. The data are relasesed without license. Users are required to confer with the author before making use of the data in publications or presentations.Item Dataset for Quantifying Morphological Changes & Sediment Transport Pathways on Comet 67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoBarrington, Megan N.; Birch, Samuel P. D.; Jindal, Abhinav; Hayes, Alexander G.; Corlies, Paul; Vincent, Jean-Baptiste (2023-06-07)These files contain data supporting the results reported in Barrington et al., 2023: Quantifying Morphological Changes and Sediment Transport Pathways on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. In Barrington et al., 2023 we found the following: Comets are active geological worlds with primitive surfaces that have been shaped to varying degrees by sublimation-driven sediment transport processes and mass wasting process. Rosetta’s rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P) in 2014 provided data with the necessary spatial and temporal resolutions to observe many evolutionary processes on micro-gravity worlds. Rosetta’s observations have thus far revealed that many changes to the surface occurred within 67P’s smooth terrains, vast sedimentary deposits that blanket a significant fraction of the nucleus. Understanding the global context of these changes, and therefore the sediment transport pathways that govern the evolution of 67P’s surface requires a thorough description of their changing morphologies, and an evaluation of existing global-scale spatial and temporal trends. Accordingly, we present a time-resolved synthesis of erosion and deposition activity on comet 67P as it passed through its August 13, 2015 perihelion from September, 2014 to August, 2016. Our mapping results indicate that, around perihelion, sediment is globally redistributed inter-regionally from 67P’s more active south to the north. Equally important, however, are local, topographically-influenced sediment transport processes, with large volumes of sediment moving intra-regionally over sub-kilometer distances. We also show evidence for regions of near-zero net erosion/deposition between approximately 30–60° N latitude, which may act as terminal sedimentary sinks, with remobilization of these materials hindered by multiple factors. Our work therefore provides the most complete mapping of sediment transport processes and pathways across 67P, a critical step toward understanding the global landscape evolution of both 67P and other comets.Item Data from the Cornell coherent scatter radar imagerHysell, D.L. (2022-12-01)This archive contains data from the Cornell coherent scatter radar interferometer which has been deployed in numerous sites around the world including the Caribbean, Alaska, and in Ithaca, New York. The data are partially reduced and exist here in the form of spectra and interferometric cross spectra. The data are relasesed without license. Users are required to confer with the author before making use of the data in publications or presentations.Item Data from the Cornell coherent scatter radar imagerHysell, D.L. (2021-03-08)This archive contains data from the Cornell coherent scatter radar interferometer which has been deployed in numerous sites around the world including the Caribbean, Alaska, and in Ithaca, New York. The data are partially reduced and exist here in the form of spectra and interferometric cross spectra. The data are relasesed without license. Users are required to confer with the author before making use of the data in publications or presentations.