Temperature structure of the Uranian upper atmosphere

Details Temperature structure of the Uranian upper atmosphere Temperature structure of the Uranian upper atmosphere

May 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979natur.278..307e&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 278, May 24, 1979, p. 307, 308. NASA-NSF-supported research.

Physics

Atmospheric Temperature, Temperature Distribution, Upper Atmosphere, Uranus Atmosphere, Stellar Occultation, Submerging, Temperature Inversions, Temperature Measurement

Scientific paper

The temperature structure of the upper atmosphere of Uranus at two locations on the planet was determined from observations of the occultation of the star SAO158687 by Uranus on 10 March 1977, carried out at the Kuiper Airborne Observatory. The temperature-pressure relationships obtained from the immersion and emersion data for 7280 A channel show peak-to-peak variations of 45 K for immersion and 35 K for emersion. The mean temperature for both immersion and emersion profiles is about 100 K, which shows that Uranus has a temperature inversion between 0.001 mbar and the 100 mbar level probed by IR measurements. Both profiles show wavelike temperature variations, which may be due to dynamical or photochemical processes.

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