Thermal structure and dynamics of Neptune's atmosphere from Voyager measurements

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Oct 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jgr....9618931c&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 96, Oct. 30, 1991, p. 18,931-18,939.

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Infrared Spectra, Neptune Atmosphere, Planetary Radiation, Planetary Temperature, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Wind Profiles, Atmospheric Temperature, Meridional Flow, Planetary Waves, Zonal Flow (Meteorology)

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The thermal structure of the Neptunian atmosphere between 50 and 10 mbar is characterized using spatially resolved Voyager IR spectra from a global mapping sequence. A zonal mean meridional temperature cross section was obtained which shows a minimum in the upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric temperatures at the southern mid-latitudes, and maxima at the equator and at high southern latitudes. This structure is qualitatively similar to the thermal structure of the Uranian atmosphere, even though the obliquities and the internal heat fluxes of the two planets are quite different.

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