The photochemistry of methane in the atmosphere of Triton

Details The photochemistry of methane in the atmosphere of Triton The photochemistry of methane in the atmosphere of Triton

Sep 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990georl..17.1729s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 17, Sept. 1990, p. 1729-1732.

Physics

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Atmospheric Models, Methane, Photochemical Reactions, Satellite Atmospheres, Triton, Planetary Atmospheres, Satellite Imagery, Uranus (Planet), Voyager 2 Spacecraft

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The 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.

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