Geographic control of Titan's mid-latitude clouds

Henry G. Roe; Michael E. Brown; Emily L. Schaller; Antonin H. Bouchez; Chadwick A. Trujillo

doi:10.1126/science.1116760

Geographic control of Titan's mid-latitude clouds

Henry G. Roe, Michael E. Brown, Emily L. Schaller, Antonin H. Bouchez, Chadwick A. Trujillo

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Observations of Titan's mid-latitude clouds from the W. M. Keck and Gemini Observatories show that they cluster near 350°W longitude, 40°S latitude. These clouds cannot be explained by a seasonal shift in global circulation and thus presumably reflect a mechanism on Titan such as geysering or cryovolcanism in this region. The rate of volatile release necessary to trigger cloud formation could easily supply enough methane to balance the loss to photolysis in the upper atmosphere.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	477-479
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	310
Issue number	5747
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1116760
State	Published - Oct 21 2005
Externally published	Yes

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