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Atmospheric temperature sounding on Mars, and the climate sounder on the 2005 reconnaissance orbiter

ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH 38:4 (2006) 713-717

Authors:

FW Taylor, SB Calcutt, PL Read, SR Lewis, DJ McCleese, JT Schofield, RW Zurek
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Improved near-infrared methane band models and k-distribution parameters from 2000 to 9500 cm-1 and implications for interpretation of outer planet spectra

Icarus 181 (2006) 309-319

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PG Irwin, L.A. Sromovsky, E.K. Strong, K. Sihra
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Jupiter-sized planets in the Solar System and elsewhere

Chapter in Solar system update, Springer Verlag (2006)
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Methane absorption in the atmosphere of Jupiter from 1800 to 9500 cm-1 and implications for vertical cloud structure

Icarus 176 (2005) 255-271

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PGJ Irwin, K Sihra, NE Bowles, FW Taylor, SB Calcutt
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Titan's atmospheric temperatures, winds, and composition.

Science 308:5724 (2005) 975-978

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FM Flasar, RK Achterberg, BJ Conrath, PJ Gierasch, VG Kunde, CA Nixon, GL Bjoraker, DE Jennings, PN Romani, AA Simon-Miller, B Bézard, A Coustenis, PGJ Irwin, NA Teanby, J Brasunas, JC Pearl, ME Segura, RC Carlson, A Mamoutkine, PJ Schinder, A Barucci, R Courtin, T Fouchet, D Gautier, E Lellouch, A Marten, R Prangé, S Vinatier, DF Strobel, SB Calcutt, PL Read, FW Taylor, N Bowles, RE Samuelson, GS Orton, LJ Spilker, TC Owen, JR Spencer, MR Showalter, C Ferrari, MM Abbas, F Raulin, S Edgington, P Ade, EH Wishnow

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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.
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