Active upper-atmosphere chemistry and dynamics from polar circulation reversal on Titan

Nicholas A. Teanby (), Patrick G. J. Irwin, Conor A. Nixon, Remco de Kok, Sandrine Vinatier, Athena Coustenis, Elliot Sefton-Nash, Simon B. Calcutt and F. Michael Flasar
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Nicholas A. Teanby: School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK
Patrick G. J. Irwin: Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK
Conor A. Nixon: Planetary Systems Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Remco de Kok: SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
Sandrine Vinatier: LESIA Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, UPMC Université Paris 06, Université Paris-Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon Cedex, France
Athena Coustenis: LESIA Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, UPMC Université Paris 06, Université Paris-Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon Cedex, France
Elliot Sefton-Nash: School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK
Simon B. Calcutt: Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK
F. Michael Flasar: Planetary Systems Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Nature, 2012, vol. 491, issue 7426, 732-735

Abstract: Observations of trace gases over the south pole of Titan indicate that the moon’s middle-atmospheric circulation extends to an altitude of at least 600 kilometres, which is higher than previously thought and requires active chemistry and dynamics in the upper atmosphere.

Date: 2012
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