Methane rain on Titan

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Aug 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988icar...75..255t&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 75, Aug. 1988, p. 255-284. NASA-supported research.

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Infrared Radiation, Methane, Rain, Satellite Atmospheres, Titan, Absorptivity, Brightness Temperature, Light (Visible Radiation), Optical Properties, Particle Size Distribution, Radiative Transfer, Refractivity, Satellite Surfaces, Voyager Project

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The atmosphere of Titan is characterized by means of model computations based on Voyager IRIS IR spectra and published data from laboratory determinations of absorption coefficients and cloud refractive indices. The results are presented in tables and graphs, and it is pointed out that the presence of Ar is not required in the model. Particular attention is given to the role of CH4, which is found to form patchy clouds (with particle radii of 50 microns or greater and visible/IR optical depths of 2-5) at altitudes up to about 30 km. The mechanisms by which such rain-sized particles could form are discussed, and it is suggested that the observed 500-600/cm spectrum is affected much less by the CH4 clouds than by H2 or variations in the temperature of the high-altitude haze.

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