Spatially resolved methane band photometry of Saturn. II - Cloud structure models at four latitudes

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Feb 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983icar...53..301w&link_type=abstract

(Saturn Conference, Tucson, AZ, May 11-15, 1982.) Icarus, vol. 53, Feb. 1983, p. 301-309.

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Astronomical Photometry, Clouds, Methane, Saturn Atmosphere, Spectrophotometry, Abundance, Aerosols, Radiative Transfer, Spatial Resolution, Spectral Bands, Saturn, Photometry, Clouds, Structure, Latitude, Models, Reflectivity, Absorption Bands, Analysis, Radiative Transfer, Aerosols, Depth, Methane, Equatorial Regions, Temperate Regions, Optical Properties, Parameters

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Saturn's cloud vertical structures in the Equatorial Zone, South Equatorial Belt, and North and South Temperate Regions near + or - 30 deg latitudes are determined by means of an analysis of spatially resolved reflectivity measurements in the 6190, 7250, and 8996 A methane bands. Radiative transfer models are computed for a structure whose parameters are the methane column abundance in an aerosol-free layer at the top of the atmosphere, and the specific abundance of methane in a semiinfinite homogeneous gas-and-cloud mixture deep in the atmosphere. The structure for the South Equatorial Belt resembles that for the North Temperate Region. The level where unit cloud optical depth occurs in the South Temperate Region is deeper than the corresponding level at other latitudes. The differences between model parameters derived by means of different absorption bands are discussed.

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