Cassini imaging science: Instrument characteristics and anticipated scientific investigations at Saturn

CC Porco, RA West, S Squyres, A McEwen… - The Cassini-Huygens …, 2004 - Springer
Abstract The Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) is the highest-resolution two-
dimensional imaging device on the Cassini Orbiter and has been designed for …

Exploring the Saturn system in the thermal infrared: The composite infrared spectrometer

FM Flasar, VG Kunde, MM Abbas… - The Cassini-Huygens …, 2004 - Springer
Abstract The Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) is a remote-sensing Fourier
Transform Spectrometer (FTS) on the Cassini orbiter that measures thermal radiation over …

Cassini imaging science: Initial results on Saturn's rings and small satellites

CC Porco, E Baker, J Barbara, K Beurle, A Brahic… - science, 2005 - science.org
Images acquired of Saturn's rings and small moons by the Cassini Imaging Science
Subsystem (ISS) during the first 9 months of Cassini operations at Saturn have produced …

[图书][B] Giant planets of our solar system: atmospheres, composition, and structure

P Irwin - 2009 - books.google.com
This book reviews the current state of knowledge of the atmospheres of the giant gaseous
planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The current theories of their formation are …

Temperatures, winds, and composition in the Saturnian system

FM Flasar, RK Achterberg, BJ Conrath, JC Pearl… - science, 2005 - science.org
Stratospheric temperatures on Saturn imply a strong decay of the equatorial winds with
altitude. If the decrease in winds reported from recent Hubble Space Telescope images is …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of jet formation on the giant planets

J Liu, T Schneider - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
Mechanisms of Jet Formation on the Giant Planets in: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Volume 67 Issue 11 (2010) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo Logo Logo Logo …

Anisotropic turbulence and zonal jets in rotating flows with a β-effect

B Galperin, S Sukoriansky, N Dikovskaya… - Nonlinear Processes …, 2006 - npg.copernicus.org
Numerical studies of small-scale forced, two-dimensional turbulent flows on the surface of a
rotating sphere have revealed strong large-scale anisotropization that culminates in the …

Saturn's zonal wind profile in 2004–2009 from Cassini ISS images and its long-term variability

E García-Melendo, S Pérez-Hoyos, A Sánchez-Lavega… - Icarus, 2011 - Elsevier
Five years of Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem images, from 2004 to 2009, are analyzed
in this work to retrieve global zonal wind profiles of Saturn's northern and southern …

Superrotation in planetary atmospheres

T Imamura, J Mitchell, S Lebonnois, Y Kaspi… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
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 …

Cassini imaging science: Initial results on Saturn's atmosphere

CC Porco, E Baker, J Barbara, K Beurle, A Brahic… - Science, 2005 - science.org
The Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) began observing Saturn in early February
2004. From analysis of cloud motions through early October 2004, we report vertical wind …