期刊
ICARUS
卷 199, 期 2, 页码 564-567出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.09.014
关键词
Titan; Satellites, atmospheres; Atmospheres, evolution; Ices; Spectroscopy
资金
- DFG
Strong experimental evidence is presented that the northern polar Cloud observed in Titan's atmosphere by the Cassini orbiter (VIMS) was indeed composed of ethane aerosol as proposed by Griffith et al. [2006. Science 313, 1620-1622]. We report on the condensation and phase behavior of ethane aerosol under atmospheric conditions of Titan (145 hPa, 40 km altitude, 70-90 K, 10-30 ppm ethane in nitrogen). The results were obtained in an in-situ collisional cooling experiment combined with Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Apart from the liquid phase, three crystalline phases (solid I, solid II, metastable) and the transitions into each other have been observed in the ethane aerosol. The phases were found to have a significant effect oil the particles' IR spectra, their growth dynamics and the final size of the aerosols which varies between 0.5 and 4 mu m (compared to 1-3 pm observed on Titan). This has strong implications on the ethane vapor pressure, precipitation and optical aerosol detection. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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