Methane abundance in the atmosphere of Uranus

Details Methane abundance in the atmosphere of Uranus Methane abundance in the atmosphere of Uranus

Mar 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983icar...53..389t&link_type=abstract

(International Astronomical Union, Meeting on Uranus and the Outer Solar System, Bath, England, Apr. 1981) Icarus (ISSN 0019-103

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Abundance, Albedo, Atmospheric Models, Methane, Uranus Atmosphere, Absorption Spectra, Aerosols, Atmospheric Stratification, Optical Thickness, Planetology, Rayleigh Scattering, Spectral Bands, Uranus, Atmosphere, Methane, Abundance, Models, Albedo, Aerosol, Optical Properties, Thickness, Gases, Mixing, Comparisons

Scientific paper

Modeling of the geometric albedo of Uranus in and near prominent methane absorption bands between 0.5 and 0.9 microns indicates that the visible atmosphere probably consists of a thin aerosol haze layer above an optically thick, semiinfinite Rayleigh scattering atmosphere. A significant depletion of methane gas above the haze layer is indicated. The mixing ratio of methane in the lower atmosphere is consistent with a value of CH4/H2 of about 0.003, comparable to those derived for Jupiter and Saturn.

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