Atmospheric temperature sounding on Mars, and the climate sounder on the 2005 reconnaissance orbiter
ADV SPACE RES 38:4 (2006) 713-717
Abstract:
Detailed measurements of the vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature, water vapour, dust and condensates in the Martian atmosphere are needed to characterize the present-day Martian climate and to understand the intricately related processes upon which it depends. Among the most important of these are accurate and extensive temperature measurements. Progress to date, key problems still to be addressed and upcoming new approaches to the measurement task are briefly reviewed, and expectations for the Mars Climate Sounder experiment on the 2005 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are described. Some even more advanced methods for temperature, humidity and condensate sounding in the decade beyond MCS/MRO, and promising approaches to achieving these are also considered. (c) 2006 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of COSPAR.Atmospheric temperature sounding on Mars, and the climate sounder on the 2005 reconnaissance orbiter
ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH 38:4 (2006) 713-717
Methane absorption in the atmosphere of Jupiter from 1800 to 9500 cm-1 and implications for vertical cloud structure
Icarus 176 (2005) 255-271
Titan's atmospheric temperatures, winds, and composition.
Science 308:5724 (2005) 975-978
Abstract:
Temperatures obtained from early Cassini infrared observations of Titan show a stratopause at an altitude of 310 kilometers (and 186 kelvin at 15 degrees S). Stratospheric temperatures are coldest in the winter northern hemisphere, with zonal winds reaching 160 meters per second. The concentrations of several stratospheric organic compounds are enhanced at mid- and high northern latitudes, and the strong zonal winds may inhibit mixing between these latitudes and the rest of Titan. Above the south pole, temperatures in the stratosphere are 4 to 5 kelvin cooler than at the equator. The stratospheric mole fractions of methane and carbon monoxide are (1.6 +/- 0.5) x 10(-2) and (4.5 +/- 1.5) x 10(-5), respectively.Temperatures, Winds, and Composition in the Saturnian System
Science 307 (2005) 1247-1251