TY  - BOOK
AU  - Müller-Wodarg,Ingo
AU  - Griffith,Caitlin A.
AU  - Lellouch,Emmanuel
AU  - Cravens,Thomas E.
TI  - Titan: interior, surface, atmosphere, and space environment 
T2  - Cambridge planetary science
SN  - 9780511667398 (ebook)
AV  - QB405 .T585 2014
U1  - 523.46 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Titan (Satellite)
KW  - Saturn (Planet)
KW  - Satellites
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); Introduction / I.C.F. Müller-Wodarg, C.A. Griffith, E. Lellouch, and T.E. Cravens -- Prologue 1. The genesis of Cassini-Huygens / W.-H. Ip, T. Owen, and D. Gautier -- Prologue 2. Building a space flight instrument : a PI's perspective / M. Tomasko -- 1. The origin and evolution of Titan / G. Tobie, J.I. Lunine, J. Monteux, O. Mousis, and F. Nimmo -- 2. Titan's surface geology / O. Aharonson, A.G. Hayes, P.O. Hayne, R.M. Lopes, A. Lucas, and J.T. Perron -- 3. Thermal structure of Titan's troposphere and middle atmosphere / F.M. Flasar, R.K. Achterberg, and P.J. Schinder -- 4. The general circulation of Titan's lower and middle atmosphere / S. Lebonnois, F.M. Flasar, T. Tokano, and C.E. Newman -- 5. The composition of Titan's atmosphere / B. Bézard, R.V. Yelle, and C.A. Nixon -- 6. Storms, clouds, and weather / C.A. Griffith, S. Rafkin, P. Rannou, and C.P. McKay -- 7. Chemistry of Titan's atmosphere / V. Vuitton, O. Dutuit, M.A. Smith and N. Balucani -- 8. Titan's haze / R. West, P. Lavvas, C. Anderson, and H. Imanaka -- 9. Titan's upper atmosphere : thermal structure, dynamics, and energetics / R.V. Yelle, S. Snowden, and I.C.F. Müller-Wodarg -- 10. Titan's upper atmosphere/exosphere, escape processes, and rates / D.F. Strobel and J. Cui -- 11. Titan's ionosphere / M. Galand, A.J. Coates, T.E. Cravens, and J.-E. Wahlund -- 12. Titan's magnetospheric and plasma environment / J.-E. Wahlund, R. Modolo, C. Bertucci, and A.J. Coates
N2  - Titan, the largest of Saturn's moons, shares remarkable similarities with Earth. Its thick atmosphere is composed primarily of nitrogen; it features the most complex organic chemistry known outside of Earth and, uniquely, hosts an analog to Earth's hydrological cycle, with methane forming clouds, rain and seas. Using the latest data from the ongoing Cassini-Huygens missions, laboratory measurements and numerical simulations, this comprehensive reference examines the physical processes that shape Titan's fascinating atmospheric structure and chemistry, weather, climate, circulation and surface geology. The text also surveys leading theories about Titan's origin and evolution, and assesses their implications for understanding the formation of other complex planetary bodies. Written by an international team of specialists, chapters offer detailed, comparative treatments of Titan's known properties and discuss the latest frontiers in the Cassini-Huygens mission, offering students and researchers of planetary science, geology, astronomy and space physics an insightful reference and guide
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511667398
ER  -