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Saturn’s variable thermosphere from Cassini/UVIS occultations

Koskinen, T.T., Sandel, B.R., Yelle, R.V., Strobel, D.F., Müller-Wodarg, I.C.F., Erwin, J.T.·2015·Icarus

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  • Saturn's exospheric temperatures increase to ~400 K at nanobar pressures, with latitudinal and seasonal fluctuations, being warmer in summer than winter.

    “At nanobar pressures, far above the stratosphere, Saturn’s exospheric temperatures increase to ~400 K56, but this value also shows latitudinal and seasonal fluctuations, being warmer in summer (with increased insolation increasing ionospheric conductivity and, therefore, Joule heating rates) than winter.”

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Authors
Koskinen, T. T., Sandel, B. R., Yelle, R. V., Strobel, D. F., Müller-Wodarg, I. C. F., & Erwin, J. T.
Affiliations
  • University of Arizona (US)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
Corresponding author
Koskinen, T.T.
Venue
Icarus
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-11
Volume
260
Pages
174-189
ISSN
0019-1035 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1214050343
Cited by
53
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 1
FWCI
4.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Icarus (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • NASA CDAPS (NNX14AD51G)
  • Cassini-Huygens Mission (1408487)
  • NASA (NNX10AB84G)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astro and Planetary Science
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Keywords
stellar occultation, solar occultation, exospheric temperature, meridional temperature gradient, auroral heating, solar activity, atmospheric circulation models, Cassini UVIS

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