Cloud height differences on Saturn

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Dec 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982icar...52..503a&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 52, Dec. 1982, p. 503-508.

Physics

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Abundance, Cloud Physics, Equatorial Atmosphere, Methane, Saturn Atmosphere, Spectrophotometry, Atmospheric Circulation, Atmospheric Composition, Atmospheric Pressure, Light Scattering, Molecular Absorption, Spectral Reflectance

Scientific paper

Spectrophotometry from 0.6-2.5 μm at 1.5% spectral resolution of Saturn's equator and visibly dark South Equatorial Belt near a 1980 ring-plane crossing shows substantially less absorption by methane over the equator than over the SEB. Model fits using Appleby's model atmosphere and a multiple scattering model lead to the conclusion that the pressure levels of the clouds in the two regions differ by 20%. The region of high clouds is coincident with the location of the equatorial fast jet observed by Voyager.

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