3D modeling of organic haze in Pluto’s atmosphere

• Published in: Icarus
• Main Authors: Bertrand, Tanguy, Forget, François
• 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)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: Pluto; Atmosphere; Haze; Modeling; GCM; [SDU.STU.ME]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Meteorology; North Pole; South Pole; Triton; South pole
• Online Access: https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01447911; https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01447911/document; https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01447911/file/Bertrand_3D_modeling_of.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2017.01.016

International audience The New Horizons spacecraft, which flew by Pluto on July 14, 2015, revealed the presence of haze in Pluto’s atmosphere that were formed by CH4/N2 photochemistry at high altitudes in Pluto’s atmosphere, as on Titan and Triton. In order to help the analysis of the observations a...