Lee, Anthony Y. T. and Yung, Yuk L. and Moses, Julianne I. (2000) Kinetics of hydrocarbons at low temperature: Suggestions based on photochemical models in the outer solar system. In: 219th ACS National Meeting, 26-30 March 2000, San Francisco, CA. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141216-133144921
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Abstract
Recent measurements of methyl radicals (CH_3) in the upper atmospheres of Saturn and Neptune by the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) provide new constraints to photochemical model of hydrocarbon chemistry in the outer solar system, and the low-temperature hydrocarbon kinetics. The derived column abundances of CH_3 on Saturn above 10 mbar and Neptune above the 0.2 mbar pressure level are (2.5-6.0) * 10^(13) cm^(-2) and (0.7-2.8) * 10^(13) cm^(-2), respectively. These observations imply a kinetically sensitive test to the measured and estimated hydrocarbon rate constants at low temperatures. We use the updated Caltech/JPL photochemical model, which incorporates hydrocarbon photochemistry, vertical molecular and bulk atmospheric eddy diffusion, and realistic radiative transfer modeling, to study the CH_3 abundances in the upper atmosphere of the giant planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) and Titan.
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