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Current understanding of Titan|s atmo! spheric circulation and thermal structure is reviewed[ Knowledge of Titan|s zonal winds derives from tem! peratures retrieved from Voyager infrared measure! ments and geopotential heights retrieved from stellar occultation observations[ The inferred stratospheric winds are cyclostrophic\ like those of Venus[ Radiative response times are long in the lower troposphere\ but decline to values small compared to a season in the upper stratosphere[ Given Titan|s e}ective obliquity of 16>\ stratospheric temperatures and zonal winds should vary seasonally\ requiring a cross!equatorial Lagran! gian circulation to transport angular momentum and heat to maintain the thermal wind balance[ Atmo! spheric waves may play an important role in trans! porting and depositing angular momentum\ but they are as yet constrained by few observations[ General circulation models of Titan|s winds are still in their infancy\ but suggest much of the troposphere must be stably strati\_ed\ so that the cyclostrophic zonal winds aloft are isolated from surface drag[ The vertical struc! ture of temperature\ above the lowest 3 km\ is con! sistent with a radiatively balanced atmosp
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- Author
- F.M. Flasar
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0032-0633)
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)