Transient clouds in Titan's lower atmosphere
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Titan, Saturn's largest moon, was found to have a thick atmosphere containing nitrogen and methane. Methane was almost saturated at the moon\s tropopause, which led to the hypothesis that it may experience a methane analogue of the Earth's hydrological cycle. However recent data suggests large areas of super-saturated methane, which indicates a dry and stagnant environment. Near-infrared spectroscopic observations detected significant flux enhancements, indicating the presence of reflective methane condensation clouds.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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Titan weather report
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Saturn's hugh moon Titan, has a thick atmosphere but its mechanics are not well understood. Griffiths and colleagues noted an incidence where Titan's disk appeared brighter than previously, explained by thick could at around 15 km altitude, covering around 9% of its disk. Methane is known to be a significant component of Titan's atmosphere, and the idea of a methane cycle may still be reasonable, although a pure methane ocean is unrealistic.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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Titan's exotic weather
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Saturn's largest moon Titan, despite invoking a tantalizingly similarity to earth with its rainy weather systems and landscapes formed by rivers, has an atmosphere ten times thicker than that of Earth, and much cooler, that it tokens longer than a Titan year for the atmosphere to respond radiatively to seasonal heating changes. A study of cloud formation in Titan is presented.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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