Titan's atmosphere and climate

SM Hörst - Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Titan is the only moon with a substantial atmosphere, the only other thick N2 atmosphere
besides Earth's, the site of extraordinarily complex atmospheric chemistry that far surpasses …

The composition and chemistry of Titan's atmosphere

CA Nixon - ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this review I summarize the current state of knowledge about the composition of Titan's
atmosphere and our current understanding of the suggested chemistry that leads to that …

Detection of Cyclopropenylidene on Titan with ALMA

CA Nixon, AE Thelen, MA Cordiner… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the first detection on Titan of the small cyclic molecule cyclopropenylidene (cC 3 H
2) from high-sensitivity spectroscopic observations made with the Atacama Large Millimeter …

Thermally driven atmospheric escape: Transition from hydrodynamic to Jeans escape

AN Volkov, RE Johnson, OJ Tucker… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Thermally driven escape from planetary atmospheres changes in nature from an organized
outflow (hydrodynamic escape) to escape on a molecule-by-molecule basis (Jeans escape) …

A new astrobiological model of the atmosphere of Titan

K Willacy, M Allen, Y Yung - The Astrophysical Journal, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We present results of an investigation into the formation of nitrogen-bearing molecules in the
atmosphere of Titan. We extend a previous model to cover the region below the tropopause …

An intense thermospheric jet on Titan

E Lellouch, MA Gurwell, R Moreno, S Vinatier… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The presence of winds in Titan's lower and middle atmosphere has been determined by a
variety of techniques, including direct measurements from the Huygens Probe over 0–150 …

The thermal structure of Titan's upper atmosphere, I: Temperature profiles from Cassini INMS observations

D Snowden, RV Yelle, J Cui, JE Wahlund, NJT Edberg… - Icarus, 2013 - Elsevier
We derive vertical temperature profiles from Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS) N 2
density measurements from 32 Cassini passes. We find that the average temperature of …

Ion densities and composition of Titan's upper atmosphere derived from the Cassini Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer: Analysis methods and comparison of measured …

KE Mandt, DA Gell, M Perry… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The Cassini Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS) has measured both neutral and ion
species in Titan's upper atmosphere and ionosphere and the Enceladus plumes. Ion …

Retrieval of CO2 and N2 in the Martian thermosphere using dayglow observations by IUVS on MAVEN

JS Evans, MH Stevens, JD Lumpe… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We present direct number density retrievals of carbon dioxide (CO2) and molecular nitrogen
(N2) for the upper atmosphere of Mars using limb scan observations during October and …

The 12C/13C ratio on Titan from Cassini INMS measurements and implications for the evolution of methane

KE Mandt, JH Waite, B Teolis, BA Magee… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We have re-evaluated the Cassini Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS) 12 C/13 C ratios in
the upper atmosphere of Titan based on new calibration sensitivities and an improved …