Heat balance in Titan's atmosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 648-659

  Tomasko, M G ^a   Bezard B ^b   Doose, L ^a   Engel, S ^a   Karkoschka, E ^a   Vinatier, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Heat balance; Huygens; Titan

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AEROSOLS; COOLING; HEAT FLUX; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; METHANE; RADIOMETERS; SOLAR HEATING;

CASSINI COMPOSITE INFRARED SPECTROMETER (CIRS); COLD TEMPERATURES; HAZE PROFILES; HEAT BALANCE; RADIATIVE COOLING;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 41249099355     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Bézard B., Coustenis A., and McKay C.P. Titan's atmospheric temperature asymmetry: a radiative origin?. Icarus 111 (1995) 267-276
2. 3D on Titan. Icarus 191 (2007) 397-400
3. 4 pairs for modeling of Titan's atmosphere. Icarus 105 (1993) 175-183
4. Courtin R., Gautier D., and McKay C.P. Titan's thermal emission spectrum: reanalysis of the Voyager infrared measurements. Icarus 114 (1995) 144-162
5. de Kok R., Irwin P.G.J., Teanby N.A., Lellouch E., Bézard B., Vinatier S., Nixon C.A., Fletcher L., Howett C., Calcutt S.B., Bowles N.E., Flasar F.M., and Taylor F.W. Oxygen compounds in Titan's stratosphere as observed by Cassini CIRS. Icarus 186 (2007) 354-363
6. de Kok R., Irwin P.G.J., Teanby N.A., Nixon C.A., Jennings D.E., Fletcher L., Howett C., Calcutt S.B., Bowles N.E., Flasar F.M., and Taylor F.W. Characteristics of Titan's stratospheric aerosols and condensate clouds from Cassini CIRS far-infrared spectra. Icarus 191 (2007) 223-235
7. Flasar F.M., and Conrath B.J. Titan's stratospheric temperatures: a case for dynamical inertia?. Icarus 85 (1990) 346-354
8. Flasar, F.M., 44 Colleagues, 2005. Titan's atmospheric temperatures, winds, and composition. Science 308, 975-978.
9. Fulchignoni, M., 42 Colleagues, 2005. In situ measurements of the physical characteristics of Titan's environment. Nature 438, 785-791.
10. -1 and implications for interpretation of outer planet spectra. Icarus 181 (2006) 309-319
11. McKay C.P., Pollack J.B., and Courtin R. The thermal structure of Titan's atmosphere. Icarus 80 (1989) 23-53
12. Luz D., Civeit T., Courtin R., Lebreton J.-P., Gautier D., Witasse O., Kaufer A., Ferri F., Lara L., Livengood T., and Kostiuk T. Characterization of zonal winds in the stratosphere of Titan with UVES: 2. Observations coordinated with the Huygens probe entry. J. Geophys. Res. 111 (2006) E08S90
13. Niemann, H.B., 17 Colleagues, 2005. The abundances of constituents of Titan's atmosphere from the GCMS instrument on the Huygens probe. Nature 438, 779-784.
14. Samuelson R.E., Nath N.R., and Borysow A. Gaseous abundances and methane supersaturation in Titan's troposphere. Planet. Space Sci. 45 (1997) 959-980
15. Tomasko, M.G., Doose, L., Engel, S., Dafoe, L.E., West, R., Lemmon, M., Karkoschka, E., See, C., 2008a. A model of Titan's aerosols based on measurements made inside the atmosphere. Planet. Space Sci., this issue, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2007.11.019.
16. Tomasko, M.G., Bézard, B., Doose, L., Engel, S., Karkoschka, E., 2008b. Measurements of methane absorption by the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer (DISR) during its descent through Titan's atmosphere. Planet. Space Sci., this issue, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2007.10.009.
17. Vinatier S., Bézard B., Fouchet T., Teanby N.A., de Kok R., Irwin P.G.J., Conrath B.J., Nixon C.A., Romani P.N., Flasar F.M., and Coustenis A. Vertical abundance profiles of hydrocarbons in Titan's atmosphere at 15°S and 80°N retrieved from Cassini/CIRS spectra. Icarus 188 (2007) 120-138
18. 13C isotopic ratios in HCN from Cassini/CIRS. Icarus 191 (2007) 712-721