Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982aj.....87..718c&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Journal, vol. 87, Apr. 1982, p. 718-723.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Albedo, Planetary Radiation, Saturn Atmosphere, Spectral Reflectance, Aerosols, Methane, Spatial Resolution, Spectrophotometry, Saturn, Reflectivity, Spectrophotometer, Observations, Asymmetry, Data, Comparisons, Models, Data Reduction, Wavelengths, Spectra, Atmosphere, Aerosols, Scattering, Brightness
Scientific paper
Absolute reflectivity reductions are presented for spectrophotometric observations of seven spatially-resolved regions on the disk of Saturn in the 3000-6000 A region. An asymmetry is found between northern and southern hemisphere data, in the equivalent width of the CH4, 5430-A band and in the continuum reflectivity. In addition, the spectra are found not to include the 4700 A reflectivity peak found by Bergstralh et al (1981), and to exhibit general agreement with the Podolack and Danielson (1977) model. The blue and visual spectral region continuum reflectivity of a planetary atmosphere provides constraints for determining aerosol particle single-scattering albedo and vertical distribution, which are in turn important to an understanding of planetary energy balance, atmospheric dynamics, and planetary molecular absorption spectrum interpretation.
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