Clouds and aerosols of Titan's atmosphere

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Dec 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985esasp.241...99s&link_type=abstract

In ESA The Atmospheres of Saturn and Titan p 99-107 (SEE N86-28849 19-88)

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Aerosols, Clouds (Meteorology), Satellite Atmospheres, Titan, Chemical Composition, Cloud Physics, Condensates, Hydrocarbons, Methane, Particle Size Distribution, Pioneer 11 Space Probe, Voyager 1 Spacecraft

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Voyager and Pioneer data on Titan's atmosphere are reviewed. Titan's cloud structure appears to consist of three basic components: a photochemical aerosol pervading the stratosphere between altitudes of 40 and 350 km; a mixture of condensed hydrocarbons and nitriles in the lower stratosphere, probably thickest between 50 and 80 km; and methane clouds between 10 and 35 km. Polarimetry, photometry, and infrared spectroscopy provide the basic data for inferring aerosol particle sizes and vertical structure. Properties of the condensates are inferred from infrared spectroscopy and radio occultation data.

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