Preparation and analysis of the observations of the atmosphere and ices of Pluto by the NASA new horizons spacecraft using numerical climate models

• Main Author: Bertrand, Tanguy
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI, François Forget, Emmanuel Lellouch
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: Atmosphere; Pluto; Paleoclimate; Planétologie; Atmosphère; Pluton; Climat; Modélisation; Aérosols; [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]; North Pole; Sputnik; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://theses.hal.science/tel-01746075; https://theses.hal.science/tel-01746075v2/document; https://theses.hal.science/tel-01746075v2/file/2017PA066243.pdf

On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto and revealed an active frozen world.These observations call upon modelling efforts to complete their analysis and understand the mechanisms at play on Pluto. For this purpose, we have developed two numerical models of Pluto’s climate: a 2D...