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Title:
Rapid and Extensive Surface Changes Near Titan's Equator: Evidence of April Showers
Authors:
Turtle, E. P.; Perry, J. E.; Hayes, A. G.; Lorenz, R. D.; Barnes, J. W.; McEwen, A. S.; West, R. A.; Del Genio, A. D.; Barbara, J. M.; Lunine, J. I.; Schaller, E. L.; Ray, T. L.; Lopes, R. M. C.; Stofan, E. R.
Affiliation:
AA(Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA), AB(Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA), AC(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), AD(Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA), AE(Department of Physics, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA), AF(Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA), AG(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA), AH(NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY 10025, USA), AI(NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY 10025, USA), AJ(Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy), AK(Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA), AL(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA), AM(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA), AN(Proxemy Research, Rectortown, VA 20140, USA)
Publication:
Science, Volume 331, Issue 6023, pp. 1414- (2011). (Sci Homepage)
Publication Date:
03/2011
Category:
PLANET SCI
Origin:
SCIENCE
Abstract Copyright:
(c) 2011: Science
DOI:
10.1126/science.1201063
Bibliographic Code:
2011Sci...331.1414T

Abstract

Although there is evidence that liquids have flowed on the surface at Titan's equator in the past, to date, liquids have only been confirmed on the surface at polar latitudes, and the vast expanses of dunes that dominate Titan's equatorial regions require a predominantly arid climate. We report the detection by Cassini's Imaging Science Subsystem of a large low-latitude cloud system early in Titan's northern spring and extensive surface changes (spanning more than 500,000 square kilometers) in the wake of this storm. The changes are most consistent with widespread methane rainfall reaching the surface, which suggests that the dry channels observed at Titan's low latitudes are carved by seasonal precipitation.
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