Changes to Saturn's zonal-mean tropospheric thermal structure after the 2010–2011 northern hemisphere storm
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We use far-infrared (20-200 μm) data from the Composite Infrared Spectrometer on the Cassini spacecraft to determine the zonal-mean temperature and hydrogen para-fraction in Saturn's upper troposphere from observations taken before and after the large northern hemisphere storm in 2010-2011.During the storm, zonal mean temperatures in the latitude band between approximately 25 • N and 45 • N (planetographic latitude) increased by about 3 K, while the zonal mean hydrogen para-fraction decreased by about 0.04 over the same latitudes, at pressures greater than about 300 mbar.These changes occurred over the same latitude range as the disturbed cloud band seen in visible images.The observations are consistent with low para-fraction gas being brought up from the level of the water cloud by the strong convective plume associated with the storm, while being heated by condensation of water vapor, and then advected zonally by the winds near the plume tops in the upper troposphere.
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This is in agreement with the zonal winds measured after the fade of the GWS and those predicted from thermal wind arguments.
“This is in agreement with the zonal winds measured after the fade of the GWS (Sayanagi et al., 2013), and those predicted from thermal wind arguments (Achterberg et al., 2014; Fletcher et al., 2016).”
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- Authors
- Achterberg, R. K., Gierasch, P. J., Conrath, B. J., Fletcher, L. N., Hesman, B. E., Bjoraker, G. L., & Flasar, F. M.
- Affiliations
- Goddard Space Flight Center (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Venue
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Publisher
- American Astronomical Society
- Published
- 2014-04-21
- Volume
- 786
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 92
- ISSN
- 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
- 1538-4357
- OpenAlex
- W2026748936
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 27
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- 2024: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 2.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
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- The Astrophysical Journal (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NNX12AC24G)
- University of Oxford
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astro and Planetary Science
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Keywords
- Saturn, upper troposphere, zonal mean temperature, far-infrared spectroscopy, Cassini, Composite Infrared Spectrometer, convective plumes, water vapor condensation, zonal wind, cloud bands, thermal structure
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