Titan's Atmosphere and Climate
@inproceedings{Horst2017TitansAA, title={Titan's Atmosphere and Climate}, author={Sarah M. Horst}, year={2017} }
Titan is the only moon with a substantial atmosphere, the only other thick N$_{2}$ atmosphere besides Earth's, the site of extraordinarily complex atmospheric chemistry that far surpasses any other solar system atmosphere, and the only other solar system body with stable liquid currently on its surface. The connection between Titan's surface and atmosphere is also unique in our Solar system; atmospheric chemistry produces materials that are deposited on the surface and subsequently altered by…
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A post-Cassini view of Titan’s methane-based hydrologic cycle
- GeologyNature Geoscience
- 2018
The methane-based hydrologic cycle on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is an extreme analogue to Earth’s water cycle. Titan is the only planetary body in the Solar System, other than Earth, that is…
Organic Ices in Titan’s Stratosphere
- Physics, Environmental ScienceSpace Science Reviews
- 2018
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Hydrocarbons and degassing processes of Saturn’s satellite Titan
- GeologyLITHOSPHERE (Russia)
- 2020
Research subject and methods. The paper presents a review of available information on the atmosphere of Titan and its surface, necessary for the development of concepts of hydrocarbon formation,…
The evolution of Titan’s high-altitude aerosols under ultraviolet irradiation
- Physics
- 2018
The Cassini–Huygens space mission revealed that Titan’s thick brownish haze is initiated high in the atmosphere at an altitude of about 1,000 km, before a slow transportation down to the surface.…
Low-temperature synthesis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Titan’s surface ices and on airless bodies
- Physics, GeologyScience Advances
- 2019
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Energy Delivery via Meteors into Titan's Atmosphere
- Physics, Geology
- 2021
The Cassini-Huygens mission measured the chemical abundances of the major components of Titan’s atmosphere, and analyses of the data revealed several as-yet unexplained anomalies in themethane and…
Cryovolcanism and Degassing on Titan, a Moon of Saturn
- GeologyJournal of Volcanology and Seismology
- 2021
Abstract— This paper considers the occurrence, diversity, and special features of volcanic and degassing processes on Titan, as well as analyzing the maximum gas concentrations of volatiles in a…
Superrotation in Planetary Atmospheres
- Physics, Geology
- 2020
Superrotation is a dynamical regime where the atmosphere circulates around the planet in the direction of planetary rotation with excess angular momentum in the equatorial region. Superrotation is…
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