Elementary reactions and their role in gas-phase prebiotic chemistry

N Balucani - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2009 - mdpi.com
The formation of complex organic molecules in a reactor filled with gaseous mixtures
possibly reproducing the primitive terrestrial atmosphere and ocean demonstrated more …

The NEMESIS planetary atmosphere radiative transfer and retrieval tool

PGJ Irwin, NA Teanby, R De Kok, LN Fletcher… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2008 - Elsevier
With the exception of in situ atmospheric probes, the most useful way to study the
atmospheres of other planets is to observe their electromagnetic spectra through remote …

A photochemical model of Titan's atmosphere and ionosphere

VA Krasnopolsky - Icarus, 2009 - Elsevier
A global-mean model of coupled neutral and ion chemistry on Titan has been developed.
Unlike the previous coupled models, the model involves ambipolar diffusion and escape of …

Analysis of Titan's neutral upper atmosphere from Cassini Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer measurements

J Cui, RV Yelle, V Vuitton, JH Waite Jr, WT Kasprzak… - Icarus, 2009 - Elsevier
In this paper we present an in-depth study of the distributions of various neutral species in
Titan's upper atmosphere, between 950 and 1500 km for abundant species (N2, CH4, H2) …

The neutral photochemistry of nitriles, amines and imines in the atmosphere of Titan

JC Loison, E Hébrard, M Dobrijevic, KM Hickson… - Icarus, 2015 - Elsevier
The photochemistry of N 2 and CH 4 in the atmosphere of Titan leads to a very rich
chemistry which is not well understood. The aim of our study is to improve our understanding …

The Composition and Chemistry of Titan's Atmosphere

CA Nixon - ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this review I summarize the current state of knowledge about the composition of Titan's
atmosphere and our current understanding of the suggested chemistry that leads to that …

Titan global climate model: A new 3-dimensional version of the IPSL Titan GCM

S Lebonnois, J Burgalat, P Rannou, B Charnay - Icarus, 2012 - Elsevier
We have developed a new 3-dimensional climate model for Titan's atmosphere, using the
physics of the IPSL Titan 2-dimensional climate model with the current version of the LMDZ …

Analysis of Cassini/CIRS limb spectra of Titan acquired during the nominal mission: I. Hydrocarbons, nitriles and CO2 vertical mixing ratio profiles

S Vinatier, B Bézard, CA Nixon, A Mamoutkine… - Icarus, 2010 - Elsevier
Observations of the Composite InfraRed Spectrometer (CIRS) during the entire nominal
Cassini mission (2004–2008) provide us with an accurate global view of composition and …

Titan trace gaseous composition from CIRS at the end of the Cassini–Huygens prime mission

A Coustenis, DE Jennings, CA Nixon, RK Achterberg… - Icarus, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper reports on the results from an extensive study of all nadir-looking spectra
acquired by Cassini/CIRS during the 44 flybys performed in the course of the nominal …

The mesosphere and lower thermosphere of Titan revealed by Cassini/UVIS stellar occultations

TT Koskinen, RV Yelle, DS Snowden, P Lavvas… - Icarus, 2011 - Elsevier
Stellar occultations observed by the Cassini/UVIS instrument provide unique data that probe
the mesosphere and lower thermosphere of Titan at altitudes between 400 and 1400km …