How well do we understand the belt/zone circulation of giant planet atmospheres?

LN Fletcher, Y Kaspi, T Guillot, AP Showman - Space Science Reviews, 2020 - Springer
The atmospheres of the four giant planets of our Solar System share a common and well-
observed characteristic: they each display patterns of planetary banding, with regions of …

Atmospheric chemistry on Uranus and Neptune

JI Moses, T Cavalié, LN Fletcher… - … transactions of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Comparatively little is known about atmospheric chemistry on Uranus and Neptune,
because remote spectral observations of these cold, distant 'Ice Giants' are challenging, and …

Joint evolution of equatorial oscillation and interhemispheric circulation in Saturn's stratosphere

D Bardet, A Spiga, S Guerlet - Nature Astronomy, 2022 - nature.com
Planetary stratospheres are characterized by a subtle interplay between dynamics, radiation
and chemistry. Observations of Saturn's stratosphere have revealed a semi-annual …

Seasonal stratospheric photochemistry on Uranus and Neptune

JI Moses, LN Fletcher, TK Greathouse, GS Orton… - Icarus, 2018 - Elsevier
A time-variable 1D photochemical model is used to study the distribution of stratospheric
hydrocarbons as a function of altitude, latitude, and season on Uranus and Neptune. The …

Cassini exploration of the planet Saturn: A comprehensive review

AP Ingersoll - Space science reviews, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Before Cassini, scientists viewed Saturn's unique features only from Earth and from
three spacecraft flying by. During more than a decade orbiting the gas giant, Cassini studied …

Disruption of Saturn's quasi-periodic equatorial oscillation by the great northern storm

LN Fletcher, S Guerlet, GS Orton, RG Cosentino… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The equatorial middle atmospheres of the Earth, Jupiter and Saturn, all exhibit a remarkably
similar phenomenon—a vertical, cyclic pattern of alternating temperatures and zonal (east …

Seasonal evolution of Saturn's polar temperatures and composition

LN Fletcher, PGJ Irwin, JA Sinclair, GS Orton, RS Giles… - Icarus, 2015 - Elsevier
The seasonal evolution of Saturn's polar atmospheric temperatures and hydrocarbon
composition is derived from a decade of Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) 7 …

Seasonal variability of Saturn's tropospheric temperatures, winds and para-H2 from Cassini far-IR spectroscopy

LN Fletcher, PGJ Irwin, RK Achterberg, GS Orton… - Icarus, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Far-IR 16–1000 μ m spectra of Saturn's hydrogen–helium continuum measured by
Cassini's Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) are inverted to construct a near …

Jupiter's auroral-related stratospheric heating and chemistry III: Abundances of C2H4, CH3C2H, C4H2 and C6H6 from Voyager-IRIS and Cassini-CIRS

JA Sinclair, JI Moses, V Hue, TK Greathouse, GS Orton… - Icarus, 2019 - Elsevier
We present an analysis of Voyager-1-IRIS and Cassini-CIRS spectra of Jupiter's high
latitudes acquired during the spacecrafts' respective flybys in November 1979 and January …

Equatorial oscillation and planetary wave activity in Saturn's stratosphere through the Cassini epoch

S Guerlet, T Fouchet, A Spiga, FM Flasar… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal infrared spectra acquired by Cassini/Composite InfraRed Spectrometer (CIRS) in
limb‐viewing geometry in 2015 are used to derive 2‐D latitude‐pressure temperature and …