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タイタンの極地メタンの蓄積と暴風雨は,メタン循環のシミュレーションから得られたものです
T Schneider1, S D B Graves, E L Schaller
1California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA. tapio@caltech.edu
Nature
|January 7, 2012
まとめ
タイタンのメタン循環は,地球の水循環を反映しており,極地メタン湖は,好ましく北部で形成されています. 新しいモデルがこれを説明し,北極の雲と湖面の上昇を間もなく予測している.
科学分野:
- 惑星科学は惑星科学である.
- 大気科学 大気科学
- 気候学 気候学
背景:
- タイタンは,地球の水循環に類似したメタン循環を示し,極地湖,赤道乾燥,明確な雲のパターンを特徴としています.
- 以前のモデルでは,偏好的な北極の湖の分布,低緯度の嵐の起源,南半球の雲のクラスタリングを説明できませんでした.
研究 の 目的:
- タイタンの独特のメタン分布の背後にあるメカニズムを調査し,極地湖の形成と地域の降水パターンを含む.
- タイタンのメタン循環の観測された特徴と大気と表面の動態を調和させるモデルを開発する.
主な方法:
- ダイナミックな表面メタン貯蔵庫と組み合わせた3次元大気モデルを用いたシミュレーション.
- タイタンの緯度域のメタン輸送,冷凍捕獲,降水,蒸発過程の分析.
主要な成果:
- メタンは冷たく閉じ込められ,北極圏,特に北極圏に蓄積し,これは北極圏の夏が長くて急落が激しいためだ.
- 北極の降水は,中緯度に向かってメタンのゆっくりとした輸送と蒸発によってバランスをとります.
- 低緯度における希少で激しい赤道嵐は,河川の特徴を生み出し,雲は夏の半球の中高緯度で主に形成されます.
結論:
- このモデルは,偏好的な北極の湖形成と地域降水を含む,タイタンの観測されたメタンサイクル特性をうまく説明しています.
- 北極の雲は,地球の2年以内に形成され,湖水位は15年以上にわたって上昇すると予測されています.
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