Studies of planetary upper atmospheres through occultations

Details Studies of planetary upper atmospheres through occultations Studies of planetary upper atmospheres through occultations

Jun 1982

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Final Technical Report, 1 Jul. 1980- 30 Jun. 1982 Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Physics

Stellar Occultation, Uranus (Planet), Uranus Atmosphere, Atmospheric Composition, Atmospheric Models, Atmospheric Physics, Atmospheric Turbulence, Computer Programs, Fresnel Diffraction, Gravity Waves, Light Curve, Scintillation, Temperature Profiles

Scientific paper

The structure, composition, dynamics and energy balance of planetary upper atmospheres through interpretation of steller occultation data from Uranus is discussed. The wave-optical problem of modelling strong scintillation for arbitrary turbulent atmospheres is studied, as well as influence of turbulence. It was concluded that quasi-global features of atmospheric structure are accurately determined by numerical inversion. Horizontally inhomogeneous structures are filtered out and have little effect on temperature profiles.

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