Condensation in Titan's stratosphere during polar winter
Condensation in Titan's stratosphere during polar winter
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极地冬季泰坦平流层的凝结
DOI:
10.1016/j.icarus.2008.05.024
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发表时间:
2008
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影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
De Kok R
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作者:
De Kok R
In Titan's north polar region stratospheric clouds are expected to form due to a combination of low temperatures and downward motion of volatile-enriched air. Here we investigate possible sources of stratospheric clouds at Titan's pole using data from the Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer and a simple condensation model. An upper limit for C4N2gas was determined to be 9×10−9, which is less than required to make the C4N2cloud at the Voyager epoch. Hence, the presence of this cloud after equinox remains a mystery. The largest cloud seen in far-infrared spectra has a feature around 220 cm−1and is located around an altitude of 140 km. The upper limit for propionitrile (C2H5CN) gas shows that the feature around 220 cm−1is probably not due to pure propionitrile ice. Instead, our model calculations show that HCN should cause by far the largest cloud around 140 km. We therefore propose that HCN ice plays an important role in the formation of the massive polar cloud, because of the unavailability of sufficient condensable gas other than HCN to produce a strong enough condensate feature. However, the signature at 220 cm−1is not consistent with that of pure HCN ice at 172 cm−1and mixing of HCN ice with other ices, or chemical alteration of HCN ice might mask the HCN ice signature.
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发表时间:
2005
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影响因子:
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作者:
P. Rannou;S. Lebonnois;F. Hourdin;D. Luz
通讯作者:
D. Luz
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
Hourdin, F;Lebonnois, S;Rannou, P
通讯作者:
Rannou, P
DOI:
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发表时间:
1987
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Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962)
影响因子:
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作者:
Yuk L. Yung
通讯作者:
Yuk L. Yung
影响因子:
2.4
作者:
R. Samuelson;N. Nath;A. Borysow
通讯作者:
A. Borysow
影响因子:
3.2
作者:
de Kok, R.;Irwin, P. G. J.;Taylor, F. W.
通讯作者:
Taylor, F. W.