Stratospheric Abundances Of C2H2 and C2H6 In Titan's Southern Hemisphere From Cassini CIRS Spectra

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Nov 2004

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American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #36, #20.10; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.1115

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On July 2nd 2004, the Cassini spacecraft made its first, distant (340,000 km) fly-by of Saturn's enigmatic moon Titan. The Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) was used to map the southern hemisphere in the mid-infrared (600--1400 cm-1). The mid-IR capability of CIRS is achieved through a Michelson spectrometer and two 1×10 detector arrays. The arrays consist of square pixels with a 0.273 mrad FOV width, giving a spatial resolution on the disk of 92--109 km (2.0o--2.4o of great circle arc) during the mapping sequence. An intermediate spectral resolution of FWHM=2.5 cm-1 was chosen to give the best compromise between integration time (spatial resolution) and spectral resolution.
This presentation will focus on the abundances of C2H2 and C2H6 from equator to south pole. Both gases are sounded in the stratosphere, via the ν 5 and ν 9 bands centered on 729 and 821 cm-1 respectively. Meridional variations of ethane and acetylene have previously been determined from Voyager 1 IRIS spectra, taken some 23 years, 3.2 Titan seasons earlier (Coustenis et al 1995), and at a lower spectral resolution of FWHM=4.3 cm-1. Similarities and differences between the IRIS results and the present CIRS determination will be discussed.

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