Polar vortices in planetary atmospheres

DM Mitchell, RK Scott, WJM Seviour… - Reviews of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Among the great diversity of atmospheric circulation patterns observed throughout the solar
system, polar vortices stand out as a nearly ubiquitous planetary‐scale phenomenon. In …

The Composition and Chemistry of Titan's Atmosphere

CA Nixon - ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this review I summarize the current state of knowledge about the composition of Titan's
atmosphere and our current understanding of the suggested chemistry that leads to that …

Seasonal evolution of Titan's stratosphere during the Cassini mission

NA Teanby, M Sylvestre, J Sharkey… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Titan's stratosphere exhibits significant seasonal changes, including breakup and formation
of polar vortices. Here we present the first analysis of midinfrared mapping observations …

Potential vorticity structure of Titan's polar vortices from Cassini CIRS observations

J Sharkey, NA Teanby, M Sylvestre, DM Mitchell… - Icarus, 2021 - Elsevier
The Cassini mission has provided the best opportunity to date to extensively study the
seasonal variation in Titan's atmosphere, with observations spanning almost half a Titan …

Temperature and chemical species distributions in the middle atmosphere observed during Titan's late northern spring to early summer

S Vinatier, C Mathé, B Bézard, JV d'Ollone… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
We present a study of the seasonal evolution of Titan's thermal field and distributions of
haze, C 2 H 2, C 2 H 4, C 2 H 6, CH 3 C 2 H, C 3 H 8, C 4 H 2, C 6 H 6, HCN, and HC 3 N …

Winter weakening of Titan's stratospheric polar vortices

J Shultis, DW Waugh, AD Toigo… - The Planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Polar vortices are a prominent feature in Titan's stratosphere. The Cassini mission has
provided a detailed view of the breakdown of the northern polar vortex and formation of the …

Titan's neutral atmosphere seasonal variations up to the end of the Cassini mission

A Coustenis, DE Jennings, RK Achterberg, P Lavvas… - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper we report new results concerning the seasonal atmospheric evolution near
Titan's poles and equator in terms of temperature and composition using nadir spectra …

Variability in Titan's mesospheric HCN and temperature structure as observed by ALMA

AE Thelen, CA Nixon, RG Cosentino… - The Planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The temperature structure of Titan's upper atmosphere exhibits large variability resulting
from numerous spatially and temporally irregular external energy sources, seasonal …

Forward modelling low-spectral-resolution Cassini/CIRS observations of Titan

L Wright, NA Teanby, PGJ Irwin, CA Nixon - Experimental Astronomy, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Composite InfraRed Spectrometer (CIRS) instrument onboard the Cassini
spacecraft performed 8.4 million spectral observations of Titan at resolutions between 0.5 …

Potenciar los ODS a través del avance tecnológico en la exploración espacial

R Caro-Carretero - European Public & Social Innovation Review, 2025 - epsir.net
Introduction: Exploration of space and gathering data on its atmospheric conditions could
drive the development of advanced space technologies, such as atmospheric sensors and …