Miriam Rengel
Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
Exploring Titan's Stratosphere: Measuring the gas composition by Space, Ground, and Airborne Observatories
The nitrogen (N2)-dominated atmosphere of Titan exhibits a rich diversity and complexity of molecules and high organic material abundances. In its stratosphere (40–320 km), complex chemistry is ongoing. Submillimetre and infrared spectroscopy constitute the primary method for investigating this atmospheric domain. Observations at different spectral ranges, spectral resolutions and sensitivities, over different temporal coverage during a Titan’s year (29.5 Earth years) offer the opportunity to advance the exploration and understanding of abundance distributions. In this contribution we report findings from analysing Titan using data acquired from the Herschel Space Observatory, the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX), the IRAM 30-m observatory and the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
