Possibility of detection and measurement of cloud structure in the atmosphere of Uranus

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:5971264

Beebe, R

Historical data concerning variability of surface brightness of the visible cloud deck are reviewed. The data do not rule out low contrast small cloud structures of the type measured in the Saturnian Voyager wind measurements. Convective models in which methane can condense suggest similar structure may be present at the level of the visible cloud deck in Uranus atmosphere. Horizontal space and time scales derived from dynamical considerations lie within the accessible range of the wide and narrow angle Voyager cameras. Therefore, Voyager 2 may obtain significant dynamical information about the Uranian atmosphere.

• Research Organization: New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5971264
• Report Number(s): N-85-11937
• Resource Relation: Other Information: In JPL Uranus and Neptune, 271-278p (N--85-11927 02-91)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
URANUS PLANET
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
ALBEDO
CLOUD COVER
INSOLATION
METHANE
PHOTOGRAPHY
VOYAGER SPACE PROBES
ALKANES
ATMOSPHERES
HYDROCARBONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLANETS
SPACE VEHICLES
VEHICLES
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