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A seasonal model of the Saturnian upper troposphere Comparison with Voyager infrared measurementsIn the present extension of Cess and Caldwell's (1979) seasonal climate model to the upper troposphere of Saturn, the ring-modulated latitudinal dependence of the insolation, the ring thermal emission, the oblateness and orbital eccentricity of the planet, and the latitudinal variation of the internal heat flux, are taken into account. While these calculations agree with the temperature-latitude profiles retrieved from Voyager IRIS measurements above 0.2-bar pressure level atmospheric strata, the model fails to predict the retrieved temperature-latitude profiles below the 0.3-bar level. This discrepancy may be due to the existence of clouds at these levels.
Document ID
19850033286
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Bezard, B.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Gautier, D.
(Meudon, Observatoire, Meudon Hauts-de-Seine, France)
Conrath, B.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Icarus
Volume: 60
ISSN: 0019-1035
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
85A15437
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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