Seasonal changes in the middle atmosphere of Titan from Cassini/CIRS observations: temperature and trace species abundance profiles from 2004 to 2017

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Mathé, Christophe, Vinatier, Sandrine, Bézard, Bruno, Lebonnois, Sébastien, Gorius, Nicolas, Jennings, Donald E, Mamoutkine, Andrei, Guandique, Ever, d'Ollone, Jan Vatant
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 28.10.2019
• Subjects: Abundance; Algorithms; Altitude; Cassini mission; Flyby missions; Gravitational waves; Gravity waves; Infrared analysis; Infrared instruments; Infrared spectrometers; Mesosphere; Middle atmosphere; North Pole; Physics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics; Polar environments; Radiative transfer; Satellite atmospheres; Saturn; Seasonal variations; Signal to noise ratio; South Pole; Spectra; Spectral resolution; Spring (season); Stratopause; Stratosphere; Titan; Winter

The Cassini/Composite InfraRed Spectrometer (CIRS) instrument has been observing the middle atmosphere of Titan over almost half a Saturnian year. We used the CIRS dataset processed through the up-to-date calibration pipeline to characterize seasonal changes of temperature and abundance profiles in...