Thermal structure and dynamics of Titan's lower troposphere

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Oct 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf.1177c&link_type=abstract

EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.1177

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We realized a complete study of thermal structure of Titan's lower troposphere at the Huygen's site. We show that a convective boundary layer develops during the morning on Titan reaching a maximal height of 800 m. We interpreted the slope change in the HASI' s thermal profile at 2 km. This has consequences for winds, dunes and clouds formation. We analysed tropospheric winds and the influence of both the thermal and the gravitational tides. Both have a very small impact on the circulation. With topography maps, we find that anabatic winds develop on smooth and long slopes. We discuss the implications for the equatorial dune fields observed on Titan.

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