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The photochemistry of methane in the atmosphere of TritonThe model of Summers and Strobel (1989) for photochemical reactions in the Uranus atmosphere was modified and used for quantitative calculations of methane in the atmosphere of Triton. The principal adjustable parameters in the new model are the surface CH4 concentrations and the vigor of vertical mixing in Triton's lower atmosphere. It is shown the rate of methane photolysis that was calculated is sufficient to generate a smog of condensed C2H2, C2H4, C2H6, and C4H2 particles in the lowest 30 km of Triton's atmosphere, with an optical depth consistent with the Voyager imaging results.
Document ID
19900065495
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Strobel, Darrell F.
(Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, United States)
Summers, Michael E.
(U.S. Navy, E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Washington DC, United States)
Herbert, Floyd
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Sandel, Bill R.
(Arizona, University Tucson, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 17
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
90A52550
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-648
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1181
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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