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Predictions of the electrical conductivity and charging of the aerosols in Titan's atmosphereComputational results are given for Titan atmosphere aerosol electrical conductivity and charge at altitudes up to 400 km, together with a consideration of ionization from such sources as galactic cosmic rays and electron precipitation from the Saturnian magnetosphere. Predicted conductivity shows the existence of substantial electron concentrations up to the Titan surface. At altitudes of more than 100 km, and aerosol concentrations greater than 10/cu cm, electron/positive ion-recombination is found to be controlled by the recombination of the aerosols' surfaces rather than by the gas-kinetic recombination rate.
Document ID
19880035885
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Borucki, W. J.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Levin, Z.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Whitten, R. C.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Keesee, R. G.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Summers, A. L.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Toon, O. B.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Dubach, J.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Icarus
Volume: 72
ISSN: 0019-1035
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
88A23112
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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