Uranus' Cloud Structure and Seasonal Variability from Gemini-North and UKIRT observations

P.G.J. Irwin , N.A. Teanby (1) , G.R. Davis (2) , L.N. Fletcher , G.S. Orton (3) , D. Tice , A. Kyffin

1 School of Earth Sciences [Bristol]
2 Joint Astronomy Centre
3 CALTECH - California Institute of Technology

Observations of Uranus were made in September 2009 with the Gemini-North telescope in Hawaii, using both the NIFS and NIRI instruments. Observations were acquired in Adaptive Optics mode and have a spatial resolution of approximately 0.1".

Mots clés: composition; Uranus; atmosphere; Atmospheres; dynamics; Data reduction techniques

Domaines: Planète et Univers [physics]

P.G.J. Irwin, N.A. Teanby, G.R. Davis, L.N. Fletcher, G.S. Orton, et al.. Uranus' Cloud Structure and Seasonal Variability from Gemini-North and UKIRT observations. Icarus, 2011, 212 (1), pp.339. ⟨10.1016/j.icarus.2010.12.018⟩. ⟨hal-00725405⟩