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The Evolution of Titan's Mid-Latitude Clouds
Griffith, C. A. and Penteado, P. and Baines, K. and Drossart, P. and Barnes, J. and Bellucci, G. and Bibring, J. and Brown, R. and Buratti, B. and Capaccioni, F. and Cerroni, P. and Clark, R. and Combes, M. and Coradini, A. and Cruikshank, D. and Formisano, V. and Jaumann, R. and Langevin, Y. and Matson, D. and McCord, T. and Menella, V. and Nelson, R. and Nicholson, P. and Sicardy, B. and Sotin, C. and Soderblom, L. A. and Kursinski, R.
(2005)
The Evolution of Titan's Mid-Latitude Clouds.
Science, 310 (5747), pp. 474-477.
doi: 10.1126/science.1117702.
Full text not available from this repository. AbstractSpectra from Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer reveal that the horizontal structure, height, and optical depth of Titan's clouds are highly dynamic. Vigorous cloud centers are seen to rise from the middle to the upper troposphere within 30 minutes and dissipate within the next hour. Their development indicates that Titan's clouds evolve convectively; dissipate through rain; and, over the next several hours, waft downwind to achieve their great longitude extents. These and other characteristics suggest that temperate clouds originate from circulation-induced convergence, in addition to a forcing at the surface associated with Saturn's tides, geology, and/or surface composition.
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| Document Type: | Article |
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| Title: | The Evolution of Titan's Mid-Latitude Clouds |
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| Authors: | | Authors | Institution or Email of Authors | Author's ORCID iD | ORCID Put Code |
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| Griffith, C. A. | Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Penteado, P. | Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Baines, K. | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Drossart, P. | Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Barnes, J. | Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Bellucci, G. | Instituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, Consiglio Nationale delle Richerche (CNR), Rome, Italy | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Bibring, J. | Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Brown, R. | Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Buratti, B. | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Capaccioni, F. | Instituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, CNR, Rome, Italy | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Cerroni, P. | Instituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, CNR, Rome, Italy | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Clark, R. | U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USA | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Combes, M. | Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Coradini, A. | Instituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, CNR, Rome, Italy | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Cruikshank, D. | NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, Mountain View, CA, USA | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Formisano, V. | Instituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, Consiglio Nationale delle Richerche (CNR), Rome, Italy | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Jaumann, R. | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Langevin, Y. | Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Matson, D. | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | McCord, T. | Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Menella, V. | Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Nelson, R. | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Nicholson, P. | Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Sicardy, B. | Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Sotin, C. | Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique, Université de Nantes, France | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Soderblom, L. A. | U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, USA | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED | | Kursinski, R. | Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA | UNSPECIFIED | UNSPECIFIED |
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| Date: | 21 October 2005 |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Science |
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| Refereed publication: | Yes |
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| Open Access: | No |
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| Gold Open Access: | No |
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| In SCOPUS: | No |
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| In ISI Web of Science: | Yes |
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| Volume: | 310 |
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| DOI: | 10.1126/science.1117702 |
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| Page Range: | pp. 474-477 |
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| Status: | Published |
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| Keywords: | Titan, clouds, Cassini, VIMS |
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| HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old) |
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| HGF - Program: | Space (old) |
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| HGF - Program Themes: | W EW - Erforschung des Weltraums |
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| DLR - Research area: | Space |
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| DLR - Program: | W EW - Erforschung des Weltraums |
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| DLR - Research theme (Project): | W - Vorhaben CASSINI (old) |
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Berlin-Adlershof
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| Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Planetary Research > Planetary Geology |
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| Deposited By: |
Pieth, Susanne
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| Deposited On: | 12 Jan 2006 |
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| Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2009 04:53 |
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