An analysis of the Voyager 2 Ultraviolet Spectrometer occultation data at Uranus - Inferring heat sources and model atmospheres

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Jan 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993icar..101...45s&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 101, no. 1, p. 45-63.

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Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation, Stellar Occultation, Thermosphere, Ultraviolet Spectrometers, Uranus Atmosphere, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Atmospheric Heating, Atmospheric Temperature, Occultation, Uranus, Spacecraft Observations, Voyager 2 Mission, Wavelengths, Heat, Ultraviolet, Specrometry, Origin, Source, Atmosphere, Models, Analysis, Uvs Instrument, Temperature, Occultations, Thermosphere, Calculations, Heating, Gas Planets, Procedure, Absorption, Scattering, Latitude, Temperature Gradient

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Heat source information is derived here from the Voyager 2 Ultraviolet Spectrometer occultation data of Uranus. Analytic functions for the local heat dependence on altitude are used to obtain a temperature profile by solving the heat equation. The stellar entrance and exit occultation and a solar occultation are used to infer the thermal and density structure of the atmosphere. The least squares fit solution to the solar occultation data gives one source located at 1.8 x 10 exp -5 microbar with a strength of 0.056 +/- 0.01 erg/sq cm/s. Latitudinal temperature gradients are obtained.

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