Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Sep 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990georl..17.1733l&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 17, Sept. 1990, p. 1733-1736.
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Atmospheric Composition, Neptune Atmosphere, Radio Occultation, Vertical Distribution, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Abundance, Stratosphere, Troposphere
Scientific paper
This paper presents the vertical temperature and composition profiles of Neptune's troposphere and stratosphere, covering an altitude of 250 km, obtained from radio tracking data that were acquired during Voyager-2's occultation by Neptune, which began near 62 deg N planetographic latitude and ended near 45 deg S latitude. In the computations, the He/H2 abundance ratio 15/85 was adapted, which is consistent with solar abundance estimates and with recent results from Uranus. It was assumed that aerosols and heavier gases such as CH4, NH3, H2S, and H2O have a negligible effect on the microwave refractivity above the 0.5 bar pressure level.
Eshleman V. R.
Hinson David P.
Lindal Gunnar F.
Lyons James R.
Sweetnam Donald N.
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