Evidence for a Polar Ethane Cloud on Titan
Spectra from Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer reveal the presence of a vast tropospheric cloud on Titan at latitudes 51° to 68° north and all longitudes observed (10° to 190° west). The derived characteristics indicate that this cloud is composed of ethane and forms as a resul...
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ftsorbonneuniv:oai:HAL:hal-00097283v1 2023-06-11T04:15:10+02:00 Evidence for a Polar Ethane Cloud on Titan Griffith, C.A. Penteado, P. Rannou, Pascal Brown, R. Boudon, Vincent Baines, K.H. Clark, R. Drossart, P. Buratti, B. Nicholson, P. Mckay, C.P. Coustenis, A. Negrao, A. Jaumann, R. Service d'aéronomie (SA) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2006 https://hal.science/hal-00097283 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1128245 en eng HAL CCSD American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1126/science.1128245 hal-00097283 https://hal.science/hal-00097283 doi:10.1126/science.1128245 ISSN: 0036-8075 EISSN: 1095-9203 Science https://hal.science/hal-00097283 Science, 2006, 313, pp.1620-1622. ⟨10.1126/science.1128245⟩ [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2006 ftsorbonneuniv https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1128245 2023-05-29T16:03:33Z Spectra from Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer reveal the presence of a vast tropospheric cloud on Titan at latitudes 51° to 68° north and all longitudes observed (10° to 190° west). The derived characteristics indicate that this cloud is composed of ethane and forms as a result of stratospheric subsidence and the particularly cool conditions near the moon's north pole. Preferential condensation of ethane, perhaps as ice, at Titan's poles during the winters may partially explain the lack of liquid ethane oceans on Titan's surface at middle and lower latitudes. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Pole HAL Sorbonne Université North Pole Science 313 5793 1620 1622 |
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Spectra from Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer reveal the presence of a vast tropospheric cloud on Titan at latitudes 51° to 68° north and all longitudes observed (10° to 190° west). The derived characteristics indicate that this cloud is composed of ethane and forms as a result of stratospheric subsidence and the particularly cool conditions near the moon's north pole. Preferential condensation of ethane, perhaps as ice, at Titan's poles during the winters may partially explain the lack of liquid ethane oceans on Titan's surface at middle and lower latitudes. |
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Service d'aéronomie (SA) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Griffith, C.A. Penteado, P. Rannou, Pascal Brown, R. Boudon, Vincent Baines, K.H. Clark, R. Drossart, P. Buratti, B. Nicholson, P. Mckay, C.P. Coustenis, A. Negrao, A. Jaumann, R. |
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Griffith, C.A. Penteado, P. Rannou, Pascal Brown, R. Boudon, Vincent Baines, K.H. Clark, R. Drossart, P. Buratti, B. Nicholson, P. Mckay, C.P. Coustenis, A. Negrao, A. Jaumann, R. |
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Evidence for a Polar Ethane Cloud on Titan |
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Evidence for a Polar Ethane Cloud on Titan |
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Evidence for a Polar Ethane Cloud on Titan |
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Evidence for a Polar Ethane Cloud on Titan |
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Evidence for a Polar Ethane Cloud on Titan |
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ISSN: 0036-8075 EISSN: 1095-9203 Science https://hal.science/hal-00097283 Science, 2006, 313, pp.1620-1622. ⟨10.1126/science.1128245⟩ |
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