Oct 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984nascp2330...55a&link_type=abstract
In JPL Uranus and Neptune p 55-88 (SEE N85-11927 02-91)
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Aeronomy, Atmospheric Composition, Neptune (Planet), Photochemical Reactions, Upper Atmosphere, Uranus (Planet), Atmospheric Models, Chemical Composition, Energy Transfer, Lyman Alpha Radiation, Thermodynamics
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From the known composition (H2, CH4, C2H2(?) at Uranus, and H2, CH4, C2H6 at Neptune) and the inversion and photolysis region temperatures, reasonable theoretical models for the upper atmospheric distribution of the neutral and ionospheric species are constructed on the basis of the expected physical and chemical processes. The models indicate that C2H2 would condense over an extensive height range of Uranus. The extent of the haze is expected to be smaller and deeper in the polar region. Some ethane is also expected to condense, mostly in the vicinity of the temperature inversion. The behavior of the acetylene condensation with latitude and time appears to be consistent with its apparent abundance variation (detected by IUE), and the brightening of Uranus observed in ground based imaging. Neptune's polar region, on the other hand is expected to be more hazy or cloudy than the equatorial region.
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