Drifting on Alien Winds Exploring the Skies and Weather of Other Worlds /

• Main Author: Carroll, Michael (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.

Drifting on Alien Winds explores the bizarre weather of alien worlds, from the blistering hurricane-force winds of Venus to the gentle methane rain showers of Saturn's giant moon Titan. Blinding bolts of lightning sizzle through Jupiter's skies, ammonia blizzards swirl through Saturnian cl...

Table of Contents:

• Preface: Something in the Air
• Part I: Starting Here and Getting There
• Chapter 1: The Sky at Home
• Chapter 2: What It Really Takes to Explore Alien Skies
• Chapter 3: Studies on the Fly
• Chapter 4: Studying the Weather from the Inside
• Part II: The Forecast - Clearing, with Scattered Ammonia Showers by Morning
• Chapter 5: Venus
• Chapter 6: Mars
• Chapter 7: Jupiter
• Chapter 8: Saturn and Titan
• Chapter 9: Uranus, Neptune, and Triton
• Part III: Future Explorers
• Chapter 10: Future Ballons, Aircraft, and Upcoming Missions
• Chapter 11: To Venture on Wilder Seas
• Glossary
• Chapter Notes
• Tables
• Index.