Published January 27, 1984
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Journal Article
Microwave Measurements of Carbon Monoxide on Titan
- Creators
- Muhleman, D. O.
- Berge, G. L.
- Clancy, R. T.
Abstract
The ratio of the flux density of Titan was measured in two 200-megahertz bands, one centered on the (1-0) rotation line of carbon monoxide at 115.3 gigahertz and the other 2600 megahertz lower. The measurements were made with a complex-correlation technique on the new millimeter-wavelength interferometer at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Big Pine, California. The excess flux in the carbon monoxide band is interpreted as a strong detection of carbon monoxide and a mixing ratio, assumed constant, of 6 x 10^(-5). The brightness temperature of Titan at 112.6 gigahertz is 69 ± 10 kelvins, consistent with atmospheric emission from just below the tropopause.
Additional Information
© 1984 American Association for the Advancement of Science. 29 August 1983; Accepted 5 October 1983. We wish to acknowledge our colleagues in the Caltech millimeter project: M. Clauson, R. Leighton , F. Lo, C. Masson, A. Moffet, T. Phillips, A. Sargeant, S. Scott, T. Seling, C. Spencer, D. Woody, and A. Young. We especially thank Y. Yung and M. Allen for many discussions of Titan. Supported by NSF grant AST-7911806. Contribution 3964 of the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology.Additional details
- Eprint ID
- 54462
- DOI
- 10.1126/science.223.4634.393
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20150205-151514779
- AST-7911806
- NSF
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
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- Caltech Division of Planetary and Geological Sciences
- Other Numbering System Identifier
- 3964