Nitrogen frost migration on Triton - A historical model

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Sep 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990georl..17.1769s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 17, Sept. 1990, p. 1769-1772.

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Atmospheric Composition, Atmospheric Temperature, Satellite Atmospheres, Solid Nitrogen, Triton, Albedo, Carbon Dioxide, Latent Heat, Migration, Voyager Project

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This paper presents the results of numerical simulations of the seasonal migration of nitrogen frost on Triton, constrained by Voyager observations of atmospheric pressure, temperature, and albedo distribution. Most of the exposed nitrogen is probably seasonal frost, whose migration can produce major variations in atmospheric pressure. For instance, models explored here predict a tenfold pressure drop in the coming decade. The observed albedo patterns can be understood if fresh nitrogen frost is relatively dark but brightens with increasing insolation in a manner analogous to the Martian southern CO2 cap.

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