Orbitally and geographically caused seasonal asymmetry in Titan's tropospheric climate
Abstract
This work addresses the question as to how orbital parameter variations and geography cause a seasonal asymmetry in Titan's tropospheric climate. A series of time-slice experiments for the last 45 kyr is carried out with a Titan general circulation model with two different geography patterns. If the geography is assumed to be globally uniform or symmetric about the equator, the seasonal asymmetry in the climate nearly reverses within one precession cycle. If instead the observed asymmetric geography pattern is taken into account, it can partly overcompensate the seasonal asymmetry that orbital eccentricity would cause.
- Publication:
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European Planetary Science Congress
- Pub Date:
- September 2017
- Bibcode:
- 2017EPSC...11...32T