Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1774091 | Icarus | 2010 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
The same methane absorption data and retrieval algorithm were applied to observations of Neptune made during the same programme and we find that we can again fit the entire 1-1.75 μm centre-of-disc spectrum with a single cloud model, providing that we make the stratospheric haze particles (of much greater opacity than for Uranus) conservatively scattering (i.e. Ï = 1) and we also make the deeper cloud particles, again at around the 2 bar level more reflective for wavelengths less than 1.2 μm. Hence, apart from the increased opacity of stratospheric hazes in Neptune's atmosphere, the deeper cloud structure and cloud composition of Uranus and Neptune would appear to be very similar.
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Authors
P.G.J. Irwin, N.A. Teanby, G.R. Davis,