Showing papers by "Robert A. West published in 2014"
University of Nantes1, Paris Diderot University2, Centre national de la recherche scientifique3, University of Potsdam4, Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University5, University College London6, University of Franche-Comté7, Netherlands Institute for Space Research8, Stockholm University9, Goddard Space Flight Center10, California Institute of Technology11, Heidelberg University12, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission13, Washington State University14, Massachusetts Institute of Technology15, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens16, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory17
TL;DR: Saturn's moons, Titan and Enceladus, are two of the Solar System's most enigmatic bodies and are prime targets for future space exploration as mentioned in this paper, and Titan provides an analogue for many processes relevant t...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the role of magnetospheric plasma and cosmic rays in the upper and lower atmosphere of Titan was explored and the resulting emissions through a detailed model of N2 airglow followed by careful radiation transfer of the emitted photons through the atmosphere.
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01 Jan 2014
TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight the salient features of the giant planet atmospheres, including their chemistry, clouds and colors, dynamics, and processes in the high atmosphere such as the aurora.
Abstract: The atmospheres of the giant planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are in many ways fundamentally different from the atmospheres of the terrestrial planets and they provide a variety of problems to test our understanding of how atmospheres work. These atmospheres are very deep and the internal energy for three of them (Uranus is the exception) is greater than the solar energy available to drive weather. Their rotation rates are fast and so the Coriolis force becomes more important, resulting in patterns of strong zonal (east–west) winds. Understanding the dominant physical processes that control the strengths, direction, and widths of the winds is still a very active area of research. This chapter highlights the salient features of the giant planet atmospheres, including their chemistry, clouds and colors, dynamics, and processes in the high atmosphere such as the aurora.