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Lorenz et al. 2005

Lorenz, R.D., Griffith, C.A., Lunine, J.I., McKay, C.P. and Rennò, N.O. (2005). Convective plumes and the scarcity of Titan's clouds. Geophysical Research Letters 32: doi: 10.1029/2004GL021415. issn: 0094-8276.

We show that simple thermodynamic models of convective plumes predict the area fraction of convective plumes (i.e., updrafts) in Titan's atmosphere to be ~12 smaller than on Earth. This result is in agreement with predictions by sophisticated dynamical models and with the relative tropospheric cloud cover, which is only ~1% on Titan. Rainstorms on Titan, being so rare, may be violent.

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Keywords
Atmospheric Processes, Convective processes, Atmospheric Processes, Planetary meteorology (5445, 5739), Planetary Sciences, Solid Surface Planets, Meteorology

Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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