Observational Evidence for Summer Rainfall at Titan's North Pole

Observational Evidence for Summer Rainfall at Titan's North Pole

Abstract Methane rain on Saturn's moon Titan makes it the only place, other than Earth, where rain interacts with the surface. When and where that rain wets the surface changes seasonally in ways that remain poorly understood. Here we report the discovery of a bright ephemeral feature covering...

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Main Authors: Rajani D. Dhingra, Jason W. Barnes, Robert H. Brown, Bonnie J. Burrati, Christophe Sotin, Phillip D. Nicholson, Kevin H. Baines, Roger N. Clark, Jason M. Soderblom, Ralf Jauman, Sebastien Rodriguez, Stéphane Le Mouélic, Elizabeth P. Turtle, Jason E. Perry, Valeria Cottini, Don E. Jennings
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-02-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
Subjects:
precipitation on Titan's north pole
broad specular reflection
ephemeral feature on Titan's north pole
wet‐sidewalk effect
surface roughness
rainfall on Titan
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080943
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