Giant Planets of Our Solar System Atmospheres, Composition, and Structure /

• Main Author: Irwin, Patrick G. J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Geophysics.; Planetology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Space sciences.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Atmospheric Sciences.

This book reviews the current state of knowledge of the atmospheres of the giant gaseous planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The current theories of their formation are reviewed and their recently observed temperature, composition and cloud structures are contrasted and compared with simp...

Table of Contents:

• Formation of the giant planets
• Evolution processes in outer planet atmospheres
• Vertical structure of temperature, composition, and clouds
• Dynamical processes
• Radiative transfer processes in outer planetary atmospheres
• Sources of remotely sensed data on the giant planets
• Future of giant planet observations.