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Titan's stratospheric temperatures - A case for dynamical inertia?Voyager IRIS spectral radiances in the nu4-band of CH4 for the Titan atmosphere exhibit a hemispheric asymmetry. While asymmetry in the meridional distribution of opacity about the equator cannot be discounted, attention is given to the need for angular momentum transport concurrent with seasonally varying temperatures in the Titan stratosphere, which would maintain the cyclostrophic thermal wind relation between zonal winds and temperatures. The adiabatic heating and cooling associated with these motions can produce the observed temperature asymmetry.
Document ID
19900049451
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Flasar, F. M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Conrath, B. J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Icarus
Volume: 85
ISSN: 0019-1035
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
90A36506
Distribution Limits
Public
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