Near infrared light scattering by methane clouds

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Oct 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf.1547a&link_type=abstract

EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.1547

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Calculations of the near-infrared phase function and single-scattering albedo of methane clouds are presented. The absorption spectra of liquid and solid methane are used to calculate the complex index of refraction. An analytical expression for the cloud particle size distribution is used. The cloud scattering properties are tested in a radiative transfer model of Titan's atmosphere, with a peak in the cloud particle size distribution near 0.5mm that is consistent with microphysical models of clouds. A physical model of cloud scattering can be used to quantify the cloud opacity predicted by general circulation models that include methane thermodynamics, and such predictions can be directly compared with observations.

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