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The Global Energy Balance of TitanWe report the first measurement of the global emitted power of Titan. Longterm (2004-2010) observations conducted by the Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) onboard Cassini reveal that the total emitted power by Titan is (2.84 plus or minus 0.01) x 10(exp 8) watts. Together with previous measurements of the global absorbed solar power of Titan, the CIRS measurements indicate that the global energy budget of Titan is in equilibrium within measurement error. The uncertainty in the absorbed solar energy places an upper limit on the energy imbalance of 5.3%.
Document ID
20110023012
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Li, Liming (Houston Univ. Houston, TX, United States)
Nixon, Conor A. (Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Achterberg, Richard K. (Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Smith, Mark A. (Houston Univ. Houston, TX, United States)
Gorius, Nicolas J. P. (Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Jiang, Xun (Houston Univ. Houston, TX, United States)
Conrath, Barney J. (Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY, United States)
Gierasch, Peter J. (Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY, United States)
Simon-Miller, Amy A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Flasar, F. Michael (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Baines, Kevin H. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Ingersoll, Andrew P. (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
West, Robert A. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Vasavada, Ashwin R. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Ewald, Shawn P. (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2011
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Report/Patent Number
GSFC.JA.5260.2011
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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