Saturn's cloud structure inferred from Cassini ISS data

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Oct 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf.1689r&link_type=abstract

EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.1689

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A study of the vertical structure of Saturn's upper atmospheric clouds and hazes is presented using images acquired during Cassini's 2004 approach. High-resolution Cassini Image Sciences Subsystem (ISS) images in eight different bandpasses were analyzed. Individual atmospheric features were examined at both nadir and limb views. Radiative transfer analysis employing an adding and doubling technique was used to model cloud reflectivity. In order to better constrain the vertical structure, a technique based upon the Galileo SSI Jupiter analysis [1] was employed, which examines the extent of correlation in local variations between different filters. Preliminary results suggest most regions of low contrast can be modeled with two simple haze layers. Other locations indicate small-scale variations in optical depth occurring beneath the hazes, interpreted as discrete cloud features located deeper than ~2.5 bars.

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