Atmospheres and Ionospheres of the Outer Planets and Their Satellites [E-Book] / by Sushil K. Atreya
One of the most fundamental discoveries of the solar system was the detection of four moons in orbit around Jupiter by Galileo Galilei in 1610. The discovery was significant not only in the context of Jupiter; it gave credence to and was instrumental in firmly establishing the heliocentric system of...
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Personal Name(s): | Atreya, Sushil K., author |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer,
1986
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Physical Description: |
XIII, 224 p. online resource. |
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englisch |
ISBN: |
9783642713941 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-642-71394-1 |
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Physics and Chemistry in Space ;
15 |
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- 1 Composition
- 1.1 Bulk Atmospheric Composition
- 1.2 Outstanding Issues
- A.1 Appendix
- 2 Thermal Structure
- 2.1 Equilibrium and Effective Temperatures, Internal Heat
- 2.2 Radiative Transfer
- 2.3 Principle of Solar, Stellar, and Radio Occultations
- 2.4 Temperature Measurements — Jupiter and Saturn
- 2.5 Temperature Measurements — Uranus and Neptune
- 2.6 Outstanding Issues
- A.2 Appendix
- 3 Cloud Structure
- 3.1 Lapse Rates, Cloud Densities
- 3.2 Thermodynamic Data
- 3.3 Cloud Models
- 3.4 Outstanding Issues
- 4 Vertical Mixing
- 4.1 Diffusion Equation
- 4.2 Limiting Flux
- 4.3 Methods for Determining Eddy Diffusion Coefficient
- 4.4 Eddy Diffusion in the Homosphere
- 4.5 Molecular Diffusion Coefficient
- 4.6 Outstanding Issues
- 5 Photochemistry
- 5.1 Hydrogen
- 5.2 Ammonia (NH3)
- 5.3 Phosphine (PH3)
- 5.4 NH3 — PH3 Coupling and NH3 Recycling
- 5.5 Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S)
- 5.6 C — N Coupling: Methylamine (CH3NH2)
- 5.7 C — N Coupling: Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN)
- 5.8 Carbon Monoxide (CO)
- 5.9 Methane (CH4)
- 5.10 Outstanding Issues
- 6 Ionosphere
- 6.1 Measurements
- 6.2 Theoretical Considerations
- 6.3 Upper Atmospheric Heating
- 6.4 Outstanding Issues
- 7 Satellites
- 7.1 Atmospheres on Satellites
- 7.2 Io
- 7.3 Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, and Saturn’s Rings
- 7.4 Titan
- 7.5 Triton
- 7.6 Outstanding Issues
- General Appendix
- A.1 Characteristics of the Outer Planets and Comparison with the Earth
- A.2 Characteristics of the Large Satellites of the Outer Planets and Comparison with Earth’s moon
- A.3 Useful Numerical Constants
- References.