The ultraviolet continuum albedo of Uranus

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990 · Icarus (International Journal of the Solar System); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0019-1035(90)90008-W· OSTI ID:6955818

Cochran, W D; Wagener, R; Caldwell, J; Fricke, K H ^[1]

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1. McDonald Observatory, Austin, TX (USA) New York State Univ., Stony Brook (USA) York Univ., Toronto (Canada) Bonn Universitaet (Germany, F.R.)

A radiative transfer code explicitly treating the Raman scattering of solar protons by H{sub 2} is presently used to analyze the Uranus geometric albedo in the 2000-5000 A range. The Baines and Bergstralh (1986) baseline model used reproduces the geometric albedo peak produced by Raman scattering filling of solar absorption line cores, but is found to be excessively bright for wavelengths below 2400 A. This discrepancy is resolvable through inclusion of an absorbing stratospheric haze layer, and results are thereby obtained which are consistent with the Pollack et al. (1987) model, in which aerosols are generated stratospherically through photochemical effects on hydrocarbons. 20 refs.

• OSTI ID: 6955818
• Journal Information: Icarus (International Journal of the Solar System); (USA), Vol. 83; ISSN 0019-1035
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
URANUS PLANET
ALBEDO
AEROSOLS
ASTRONOMY
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
RADIATION TRANSPORT
RAMAN SPECTRA
SOLAR PROTONS
ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA
ATMOSPHERES
BARYONS
COLLOIDS
DISPERSIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
HADRONS
NUCLEONS
PLANETS
PROTONS
RADIATIONS
SOLAR PARTICLES
SOLAR RADIATION
SOLS
SPECTRA
STELLAR RADIATION
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