The methane cycle on Titan

JI Lunine, SK Atreya - Nature Geoscience, 2008 - nature.com
Saturn's moon Titan is the second largest natural satellite in the solar system, and the only
one that possesses a substantial atmosphere. With a surface temperature of 93.7 K at the …

The composition of Titan's stratosphere from Cassini/CIRS mid-infrared spectra

A Coustenis, RK Achterberg, BJ Conrath, DE Jennings… - Icarus, 2007 - Elsevier
We have analyzed data recorded by the Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) aboard
the Cassini spacecraft during the Titan flybys T0–T10 (July 2004–January 2006). The …

Titan's methane cycle

SK Atreya, EY Adams, HB Niemann… - Planetary and Space …, 2006 - Elsevier
Methane is key to sustaining Titan's thick nitrogen atmosphere. However, methane is
destroyed and converted to heavier hydrocarbons irreversibly on a relatively short timescale …

The vertical profile of winds on Titan

MK Bird, M Allison, SW Asmar, DH Atkinson, IM Avruch… - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
One of Titan's most intriguing attributes is its copious but featureless atmosphere. The
Voyager 1 fly-by and occultation in 1980 provided the first radial survey of Titan's …

Titan trace gaseous composition from CIRS at the end of the Cassini–Huygens prime mission

A Coustenis, DE Jennings, CA Nixon, RK Achterberg… - Icarus, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper reports on the results from an extensive study of all nadir-looking spectra
acquired by Cassini/CIRS during the 44 flybys performed in the course of the nominal …

Neutral atmospheres

ICF Mueller-Wodarg, DF Strobel, JI Moses… - Space science …, 2008 - Springer
This paper summarizes the understanding of aeronomy of neutral atmospheres in the solar
system, discussing most planets as well as Saturn's moon Titan and comets. The thermal …

Titan's surface at 2.18-cm wavelength imaged by the Cassini RADAR radiometer: Results and interpretations through the first ten years of observation

MA Janssen, A Le Gall, RM Lopes, RD Lorenz… - Icarus, 2016 - Elsevier
A comprehensive calibration and map** of the thermal microwave emission from Titan's
surface is reported based on radiometric data obtained at 2.18-cm wavelength by the …

Titan's surface at 2.2-cm wavelength imaged by the Cassini RADAR radiometer: Calibration and first results

MA Janssen, RD Lorenz, R West, F Paganelli… - Icarus, 2009 - Elsevier
The first comprehensive calibration and map** of the thermal microwave emission from
Titan's surface is reported based on radiometric data obtained at 2.2-cm wavelength by the …

[BOEK][B] Titan: exploring an earthlike world

A Coustenis, FW Taylor - 2008 - books.google.com
Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World presents the only comprehensive description in book
form of what is currently known about Titan, the largest satellite of the planet Saturn and …

Spatial and temporal variations in Titan's surface temperatures from Cassini CIRS observations

V Cottini, CA Nixon, DE Jennings, R de Kok… - Planetary and Space …, 2012 - Elsevier
We report a wide-ranging study of Titan's surface temperatures by analysis of the Moon's
outgoing radiance through a spectral window in the thermal infrared at 19μm (530cm− 1) …