Session 41. Titan: Physics

Contributed Oral Parallel Session, Chair: F. Raulin, F.W. Taylor, Thursday, October 14, 1999, 8:30-9:50am, Sala Pietro d'Abano

41.01 Transport of chemical species by transient eddies in the stratosphere of Titan

D. M. G. C. Luz (Observatorio Astronómico de Lisboa), F. Hourdin (Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique du CNRS, Paris)

41.02 Constraints on Eddy Diffusion and the Efficiency of Methane Nucleation in Titan’s Troposphere from an Energetic Equilibrium Model

L. Guez (NRC/NASA ARC), C. P. McKay (NASA ARC), P. Bruston, F. Raulin (Univ. Paris 12/LISA)

41.03 Imaging Titan at 1.3 and 1.6 \mum with adaptive optics at the CFHT

A. Coustenis, E. Gendron (DESPA, Paris Observatory, France), O. Lai (C.F.H.T., Hawaii), J.-P. Veran (H.I.A., National Research Council, Victoria, Canada), M. Combes (DESPA, Paris Observatory)

41.04 High-Resolution Infrared Speckle Imaging of Titan: Haze and Surface Properties

S.G. Gibbard, B. Macintosh, C.E. Max, D. Gavel (LLNL), I. de Pater, H. Roe (U of C, Berkeley), E.F. Young (Southwest Research Institute), C.P. McKay (NASA Ames)

41.05 A simulator of Cassini RADAR imaging mode

R. Orosei (Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale - CNR, Roma, Italy), J.I. Lunine (Univ. of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Lab., Tucson, USA), P.T. Melacci (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Perugia, Perugia, Italy), G. Picardi, R. Seu (INFOCOM Dpt., Univ. ``La Sapienza'', Rome, Italy)

41.06 The Three-Dimensional Distribution of Titan's Haze Based on HST Images

E.F. Young (SwRI), P. Rannou (Service d'Aeronomie), C.P. McKay (NARC), C.A. Griffith (NAU), K. Noll (STSci)

41.07 Evidence for Clouds on Titan from HST WFPC-2

R. D. Lorenz, M. T. Lemmon, P. H. Smith (LPL, U. Arizona)

41.08 Latitudinal Variations in Titan's Atmospheric Composition with a 2D Photochemical Model

S. Lebonnois, D. Toublanc (CESR/CNRS), F. Hourdin (LMD/CNRS)