Scientific discovery with the James Webb space telescope

J Kalirai - Contemporary Physics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
For the past 400 years, astronomers have sought to observe and interpret the Universe by
building more powerful telescopes. These incredible instruments extend the capabilities of …

Observations of exoplanet atmospheres

IJM Crossfield - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Detailed characterization of an extrasolar planet's atmosphere provides the best hope for
distinguishing the makeup of its outer layers, and the only hope for understanding the …

Long-lasting, deep effect of Saturn's giant storms

C Li, I de Pater, C Moeckel, RJ Sault, B Butler… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Planetary-scale giant storms erupt on Saturn quasiperiodically. There have been at least six
recorded occurrences of past eruptions, and the most recent one was in 2010, with its whole …

Cassini spacecraft reveals global energy imbalance of saturn

X Wang, L Li, X Jiang, PM Fry, RA West… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The global energy budget is pivotal to understanding planetary evolution and climate
behaviors. Assessing the energy budget of giant planets, particularly those with large …

Moist convection in hydrogen atmospheres and the frequency of Saturn's giant storms

C Li, AP Ingersoll - Nature Geoscience, 2015 - nature.com
A giant storm erupted on Saturn in December 2010. It produced intense lightning and cloud
disturbances and encircled the planet in six months. Six giant storms—also called Great …

Cassini-Huygens' exploration of the Saturn system: 13 years of discovery

L Spilker - Science, 2019 - science.org
The Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn provided a close-up study of the gas giant planet, as
well as its rings, moons, and magnetosphere. The Cassini spacecraft arrived at Saturn in …

Dynamics and clouds in planetary atmospheres from telescopic observations

A Sánchez-Lavega, P Irwin, A García Muñoz - The Astronomy and …, 2023 - Springer
This review presents an insight into our current knowledge of the atmospheres of the planets
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, the satellite Titan, and those of …

Saturn's atmosphere in northern summer revealed by JWST/MIRI

LN Fletcher, ORT King, J Harkett… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Saturn's northern summertime hemisphere was mapped by JWST/Mid‐Infrared Instrument
(4.9–27.9 µm) in November 2022, tracing the seasonal evolution of temperatures, aerosols …

Multiple probe measurements at Uranus motivated by spatial variability

MH Wong, N Rowe-Gurney, S Markham… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
A major motivation for multiple atmospheric probe measurements at Uranus is the
understanding of dynamic processes that create and maintain spatial variation in thermal …

Near-wake behaviour of a utility-scale wind turbine

T Dasari, Y Wu, Y Liu, J Hong - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019 - cambridge.org
Super-large-scale particle image velocimetry (SLPIV) and the associated flow visualization
technique using natural snowfall have been shown to be effective tools to probe the …