Photometry and polarimetry of Saturn at 2640 and 7500 A

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Nov 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983jgr....88.8679w&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 88, Nov. 1, 1983, p. 8679-8697.

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Optics

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Atmospheric Optics, Photometry, Polarimetry, Saturn Atmosphere, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Equatorial Atmosphere, Haze, Optical Thickness, Ultraviolet Photometry

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Voyager 2 photometric and polarimetric data are reduced and tabulated, with spatially resolved limb-to-terminator scans across Saturn's equatorial zone providing information on the altitude distribution of UV-absorbing hazes, together with the phase function and polarizing properties of stratospheric and tropospheric aerosols. It is found that the UV photometry and polarimetry are best fit by Rayleigh's phase matrix. A stratospheric haze of small particles is allowed as long as the optical depth is near unity or less, and the center of the haze layer is in the 30 to 70 mbar region. The altitudes presently derived for three latitudes agree with those obtained by ground-based methane band studies and analyses from Pioneer 11. A high altitude absorber is abundant in the polar regions.

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