JID:YICAR AID:7977 /FLA [m5+; v 1.62; Prn:17/07/2006; 15:09] P.1 (1-7) Abstract Icarus •• • (••••) •••–••• Dissipation of Titan’s south polar clouds

• Main Authors: Emily L. Schaller A, Michael E. Brown A, Henry G. Roe A, Antonin H. Bouchez B, Chadwick A. Trujillo C
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Titan; Infrared observations; Atmospheres; dynamics; Meteorology; Gemini; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.73.2428; http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/papers/ps/Titan_clouds2.pdf

of the south pole. We report here on a dissipation of Titan’s south polar clouds observed in twenty-nine Keck and Gemini images taken between December 2004 and April 2005. The near complete lack of south polar cloud activity during this time, and subsequent resurgence months later at generally highe...