Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982icar...51...39v&link_type=abstract
Icarus, vol. 51, July 1982, p. 39-50.
Physics
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Gas Giant Planets, Incident Radiation, Planetary Atmospheres, Radiation Effects, Solar Oblateness, Solar Radiation, Annual Variations, Insolation, Jupiter Atmosphere, Latitude, Neptune Atmosphere, Radiation Distribution, Saturn Atmosphere, Uranus Atmosphere
Scientific paper
A series of figures illustrating seasonal and latitudinal variations in the ratio of insolations, with and without the effect of oblateness, are presented for the daily solar radiation incident at the top of the Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune atmospheres. It is shown that the daily insolation of an oblate planet increases for parts of summer, since the zone of enhanced solar radiation is strongly dependent on obliquity, while oblateness effects in winter result in a more extensive polar region. A numerical study of mean daily solar radiation shows that, in summer, the horizon plane is tilted toward the sun for latitudes lower than the subpolar point, while being tilted away from the sun beyond this latitude. This implies that mean summer daily insolation increases between the equator and the subsolar point, but decreases poleward of the limit mentioned.
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