Thermal structure of Saturn's atmosphere

Details Thermal structure of Saturn's atmosphere Thermal structure of Saturn's atmosphere

Dec 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985esasp.241...21b&link_type=abstract

In ESA The Atmospheres of Saturn and Titan p 21-31 (SEE N86-28849 19-88)

Computer Science

Atmospheric Stratification, Atmospheric Temperature, Saturn Atmosphere, Temperature Distribution, Thermodynamic Properties, Annual Variations, Cassini Mission, Free Convection, Radiative Heat Transfer

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Knowledge of the thermal structure of Saturn is surveyed. At midlatitudes, the radiative-convective boundary is located around 700 mbar. At the top of the convective zone, the temperature lapse rate indicates incomplete equilibration of ortho and para H2. Seasonal radiative models give a good representation of the stratospheric part of the temperature profiles and of the large-scale hemispheric asymmetry observed at tropopause levels at the Voyager encounter. Small-scale meridional gradients imply a decrease of the zonal winds with height above the 300 mbar level. Observational prospects with the Cassini mission are discussed.

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