Physics
Scientific paper
Feb 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983icar...53..364s&link_type=abstract
(Saturn Conference, Tucson, AZ, May 11-15, 1982.) Icarus, vol. 53, Feb. 1983, p. 364-387. NASA-supported research.
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Atmospheric Models, Radiative Transfer, Satellite Atmospheres, Titan, Absorptivity, Aerosols, Electromagnetic Absorption, Optical Thickness, Thermodynamic Equilibrium, Troposphere, Tropopause, Depth, Thermal Properties, Saturn, Satellites, Titan, Models, Radiative Transfer, Scattering, Spectra, Atmosphere, Infrared, Solar Radiation, Absorption, Heating, Stratosphere, Surface, Thickness, Optical Properties, Wavelengths, Ultraviolet, Temperature, Pressure, Aerosols, Mixing, Nitrogen, Methane, Hydrogen, Opacit
Scientific paper
The present global radiative equilibrium model for the Saturn satellite Titan is restricted to the two-stream approximation, is vertically homogeneous in its scattering properties, and is spectrally divided into one thermal and two solar channels. Between 13 and 33% of the total incident solar radiation is absorbed at the planetary surface, and the 30-60 ratio of violet to thermal IR absorption cross sections in the stratosphere leads to the large temperature inversion observed there. The spectrally integrated mass absorption coefficient at thermal wavelengths is approximately constant throughout the stratosphere, and approximately linear with pressure in the troposphere, implying the presence of a uniformly mixed aerosol in the stratosphere. There also appear to be two regions of enhanced opacity near 30 and 500 mbar.
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