Tokano, Tetsuya (2014). Non-uniform global methane distribution in Titan's troposphere evidenced by Cassini radio occultations. Icarus, 231. S. 1 - 13. SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. ISSN 1090-2643

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Abstract

The global distribution of atmospheric pressure retrieved from Cassini radio occultations is reanalyzed and interpreted in a meteorological context. The retrieval of Titan's atmospheric pressure profile from radio occultations is ambiguous because it depends on the methane mole fraction, which is not precisely known in the troposphere beyond the entry site of the Huygens Probe. The surface pressure at the geoid level in late northern winter decreases from south pole to north pole by similar to 15 hPa (1% of the surface pressure) if the data are retrieved under the assumption of a globally uniform methane distribution. However, this surface pressure distribution is inconsistent with the timing and location of observed convective clouds, surface wind direction and general circulation model prediction. A more realistic pressure distribution with a slight increase from the summer hemisphere to the winter hemisphere can be obtained if one assumes a substantially higher methane abundance in the southern (summer) hemisphere than in the northern (winter) hemisphere in the previous season. (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Journal Article
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CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Tokano, TetsuyaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-444953
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2013.11.030
Journal or Publication Title: Icarus
Volume: 231
Page Range: S. 1 - 13
Date: 2014
Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Place of Publication: SAN DIEGO
ISSN: 1090-2643
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
ATMOSPHERE; STORMS; ABUNDANCESMultiple languages
Astronomy & AstrophysicsMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/44495

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