Vertical aerosol structure of Neptune - Constraints from center-to-limb profiles

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Aerosols, Atmospheric Models, Cloud Cover, Haze, Neptune Atmosphere, Albedo, Astronomical Photometry, Atmospheric Pressure, Optical Thickness, Vertical Distribution, Neptune, Aerosols, Structure, Equatorial Region, Clouds, Layers, Haze, Stratosphere, Scattering, Optical Properties, Depth, Brightness, Albedo, Earth-Based Observations, Ccd Methods, Imagery, Photometry, Reflectivity, Pressure, Temperature, Composition, Models, Wavelengths, Diagrams, Atmosphere

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New center-to-limb (CTL) equatorial region profiles of Neptune have been extracted from spatially well-resolved images. The 8900-A CTL profile entails the presence of material above the 5-mbar level whose optical depth is less than 0.5. CH4-band data admit of thin scattering hazes in the 0.4-1.5 bar pressure level, although optical depths must be lower than 0.05; so thin a haze falls short of the reflected flux at 6340 A, thereby implying the presence of another scattering layer deeper than 1.5 bars. A good fit to the observed reflectivity is obtained by a bright cloud layer with an optical depth of 3.0.

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