The greenhouse and antigreenhouse effects on Titan

Details The greenhouse and antigreenhouse effects on Titan The greenhouse and antigreenhouse effects on Titan

Sep 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991sci...253.1118m&link_type=abstract

Science (ISSN 0036-8075), vol. 253, Sept. 6, 1991, p. 1118-1121.

Computer Science

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Greenhouse Effect, Haze, Satellite Atmospheres, Surface Temperature, Titan, Atmospheric Composition, Infrared Windows, Methane

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The parallels between the atmospheric thermal structure of the Saturnian satellite Titan and the hypothesized terrestrial greenhouse effect can serve as bases for the evaluation of competing greenhouse theories. Attention is presently drawn to the similarity between the roles of H2 and CH4 on Titan and CO2 and H2O on earth. Titan also has an antigreenhouse effect due to a high-altitude haze layer which absorbs at solar wavelengths, while remaining transparent in the thermal IR; if this haze layer were removed, the antigreenhouse effect would be greatly reduced, exacerbating the greenhouse effect and raising surface temperature by over 20 K.

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