Discrete cloud structure on Neptune

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Jul 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989icar...80...14h&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 80, July 1989, p. 14-22.

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Cloud Cover, Neptune Atmosphere, Planetary Meteorology, Aerosols, Haze, Methane, Near Infrared Radiation, Vertical Distribution, Neptune, Clouds, Structure, Atmosphere, Ccd Methods, Wavelengths, Size, Features, Brightness, Position (Location), Photometry, Diurnal Variations, Timescale, Aerosols, Stratosphere, Haze, Latitude, Optical Properties, Diameter, Albedo

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Recent CCD imaging data for the discrete cloud structure of Neptune shows that while cloud features at CH4-band wavelengths are manifest in the southern hemisphere, they have not been encountered in the northern hemisphere since 1986. A literature search has shown the reflected CH4-band light from the planet to have come from a single discrete feature at least twice in the last 10 years. Disk-integrated photometry derived from the imaging has demonstrated that a bright cloud feature was responsible for the observed 8900 A diurnal variation in 1986 and 1987.

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