Titan's atmosphere and climate

SM Hörst - Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Titan is the only moon with a substantial atmosphere, the only other thick N2 atmosphere
besides Earth's, the site of extraordinarily complex atmospheric chemistry that far surpasses …

Simulating the density of organic species in the atmosphere of Titan with a coupled ion-neutral photochemical model

V Vuitton, RV Yelle, SJ Klippenstein, SM Hörst… - Icarus, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a one-dimensional coupled ion-neutral photochemical kinetics and diffusion
model to study the atmospheric composition of Titan in light of new theoretical kinetics …

Composition of Titan's lower atmosphere and simple surface volatiles as measured by the Cassini‐Huygens probe gas chromatograph mass spectrometer experiment

HB Niemann, SK Atreya, JE Demick… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The Cassini‐Huygens probe gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GCMS) determined
the composition of the Titan atmosphere from∼ 140 km altitude to the surface. After landing …

Chemical composition of icy satellite surfaces

JB Dalton, DP Cruikshank, K Stephan, TB Mccord… - Space science …, 2010 - Springer
Much of our knowledge of planetary surface composition is derived from remote sensing
over the ultraviolet through infrared wavelength ranges. Telescopic observations and, in the …

Detection and mapping of hydrocarbon deposits on Titan

RN Clark, JM Curchin, JW Barnes… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We report the identification of compounds on Titan's surface by spatially resolved imaging
spectroscopy methods through Titan's atmosphere, and set upper limits to other organic …

Titan's vertical aerosol structure at the Huygens landing site: Constraints on particle size, density, charge, and refractive index

P Lavvas, RV Yelle, CA Griffith - Icarus, 2010 - Elsevier
We present a one dimension simulation of Titan's aerosol distribution and compare our
results with the haze optical properties retrieved by the DISR observations (Tomasko, MG …

Stability of methane clathrate hydrates under pressure: Influence on outgassing processes of methane on Titan

M Choukroun, O Grasset, G Tobie, C Sotin - Icarus, 2010 - Elsevier
We have conducted high-pressure experiments in the H2O–CH4 and H2O–CH4–NH3
systems in order to investigate the stability of methane clathrate hydrates, with an optical …

ExoMars TGO/NOMAD‐UVIS vertical profiles of ozone: 1. Seasonal variation and comparison to water

MR Patel, G Sellers, JP Mason… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We present∼ 1.5 Mars Years (MY) of ozone vertical profiles, covering LS= 163° in
MY34 to LS= 320° in MY35, a period which includes the 2018 global dust storm. Since April …

Detectability of biosignatures on LHS 1140 b

F Wunderlich, M Scheucher, JL Grenfell… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Terrestrial extrasolar planets around low-mass stars are prime targets when
searching for atmospheric biosignatures with current and near-future telescopes. The …

HCN ice in Titan's high-altitude southern polar cloud

RJ De Kok, NA Teanby, L Maltagliati, PGJ Irwin… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Titan's middle atmosphere is currently experiencing a rapid change of season after northern
spring arrived in 2009 (refs,). A large cloud was observed for the first time above Titan's …