Convective plumes and the scarcity of Titan's clouds

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Jan 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005georl..3201201l&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 1, CiteID L01201

Physics

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Atmospheric Processes: Convective Processes, Atmospheric Processes: Planetary Meteorology (5445, 5739), Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Meteorology (3346)

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We show that simple thermodynamic models of convective plumes predict the area fraction of convective plumes (i.e., updrafts) in Titan's atmosphere to be ~12 smaller than on Earth. This result is in agreement with predictions by sophisticated dynamical models and with the relative tropospheric cloud cover, which is only ~1% on Titan. Rainstorms on Titan, being so rare, may be violent.

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