Titan (eBook, ePUB)

Interior, Surface, Atmosphere, and Space Environment
Redaktion: Muller-Wodarg, Ingo

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Titan, the largest of Saturn's moons, shares remarkable similarities with Earth. Its thick atmosphere is composed primarily of nitrogen; it features the most complex organic chemistry known outside of Earth and, uniquely, hosts an analog to Earth's hydrological cycle, with methane forming clouds, rain and seas. Using the latest data from the ongoing Cassini-Huygens missions, laboratory measurements and numerical simulations, this comprehensive reference examines the physical processes that shape Titan's fascinating atmospheric structure and chemistry, weather, climate, circulation and surface geology. The text also surveys leading theories about Titan's origin and evolution, and assesses their implications for understanding the formation of other complex planetary bodies. Written by an international team of specialists, chapters offer detailed, comparative treatments of Titan's known properties and discuss the latest frontiers in the Cassini-Huygens mission, offering students and researchers of planetary science, geology, astronomy and space physics an insightful reference and guide.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139609661
• Artikelnr.: 52859435

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction I. C. F. Müller-Wodarg
C. A. Griffith
E. Lellouch and T. E. Cravens; Prologue 1: the genesis of Cassini-Huygens W.-H. Ip
T. Owen and D. Gautier; Prologue 2: building a space flight instrument: a P.I.'s perspective M. Tomasko; 1. The origin and evolution of Titan G. Tobie
J. I. Lunine
J. Monteux
O. Mousis and F. Nimmo; 2. Titan's surface geology O. Aharonson
A. G. Hayes
P. O. Hayne
R. M. Lopes
A. Lucas and J. T. Perron; 3. Thermal structure of Titan's troposphere and middle atmosphere F. M. Flasar
R. K. Achterberg and P. J. Schinder; 4. The general circulation of Titan's lower and middle atmosphere S. Lebonnois
F. M. Flasar
T. Tokano and C. E. Newman; 5. The composition of Titan's atmosphere B. Bézard
R. V. Yelle and C. A. Nixon; 6. Storms
clouds
and weather C. A. Griffith
S. Rafkin
P. Rannou and C. P. McKay; 7. Chemistry of Titan's atmosphere V. Vuitton
O. Dutuit
M. A. Smith and N. Balucani; 8. Titan's haze R. West
P. Lavvas
C. Anderson and H. Imanaka; 9. Titan's upper atmosphere: thermal structure
dynamics
and energetics R. V. Yelle and I. C. F. Müller-Wodarg; 10. Titan's upper atmosphere/exosphere
escape processes
and rates D. F. Strobel and J. Cui; 11. Titan's ionosphere M. Galand
A. J. Coates
T. E. Cravens and J.-E. Wahlund; 12. Titan's magnetospheric and plasma environment J.-E. Wahlund
R. Modolo
C. Bertucci and A. J. Coates.