Energy balance and plume dynamics in Triton's lower atmosphere

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Feb 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991icar...89..347y&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 89, Feb. 1991, p. 347-358.

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Atmospheric Heat Budget, Heat Balance, Lower Atmosphere, Plumes, Satellite Atmospheres, Triton, Atmospheric Heating, Atmospheric Models, Atmospheric Temperature, Radiant Heating, Thermal Conductivity, Turbulent Mixing, Neptune, Satellites, Triton, Energy, Plumes, Volcanism, Dynamics, Atmosphere, Thermal Effects, Conduction, Mixing, Condensation, Heating, Eddy Effects, Radiative Processes, Temperature Gradient, Altitude, Models, Ionosphere, Concentration, Aerosols, Optical Properties, Depth, Cooling, Structu

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The present study of the thermal balance-affecting relationships among Triton lower atmosphere thermal conduction, eddy mixing, condensation, and radiative heating indicates that, while the temperature gradient is negative in the lower atmosphere, it becomes positive at higher altitudes due to the downward conduction of ionospheric heat. This temperature profile is essentially consistent with radio-occultation experiment data; the geyser-like plumes observed by Voyager suggest that the Triton atmosphere's convective and conductive regions join near 10-km altitude, and that the values inferred for the eddy diffusion and heat-transport coefficients indicate a profile reminiscent of the earth's.

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