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Oct 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986joat.conf..254b&link_type=abstract
In NASA. Goddard Inst. for Space Studies The Jovian Atmospheres p 254-260 (SEE N87-17598 09-91)
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Annual Variations, Atmospheric Heating, Spatial Distribution, Temperature Distribution, Temporal Distribution, Uranus Atmosphere, Atmospheric Pressure, Heat Flux, Mathematical Models, Meridional Flow, Voyager Project
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Seasonal variability of the temperature structure of Uranus is modeled for all latitudes in the .0004 to 2 bar pressure range in anticipation of the Voyager encounter in January 1986. Atmospheric heating in the model results on the one hand from an internal heat source and, on the other hand, from absorption of solar energy by methane and by non-conservative aerosols located between the 0.5 and 2 bar levels. Various cases for the behavior of the internal heat flux are investigated, such as constant with latitude or constrained to yield a time-averaged thermal emission independent of latitude. Meridional transport of heat in the stably stratified atmosphere is not taken into account. The results indicate that the Voyager encounter time, very small north-south temperature asymmetry should be expected. Moreover, the northern hemisphere, although not illuminated, should emit as much energy (within one percent) as the southern hemisphere at this date. At a given latitude, extreme temperatures are reached at the equinoxes. At the poles, seasonal amplitudes of about 10 K in the upper stratosphere and 6 K at the 0.6 bar level are predicted, and the variation with time of the emission to space is found to be at most 20 percent. The atmosphere of Uranus appears to be characterized by very long radiative response times (mainly due to its cold temperature) which inhibit the large seasonal variations that one could otherwise expect in view of the high obliquity of the planet and its long orbital period.
Bezard Bruno
Gautier Daniel
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