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This book reviews the current state of knowledge of the atmospheres of the giant gaseous planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The current theories of their formation are reviewed and their recently observed temperature, composition and cloud structures are contrasted and compared with simple thermodynamic, radiative transfer and dynamical models. The instruments and techniques that have been used to remotely measure their atmospheric properties are also reviewed, and the likely development of outer planet observations over the next two decades is outlined. This second edition has been extensively updated following the Cassini mission results for Jupiter/Saturn and the newest ground-based measurements for Uranus/Neptune as well as on the latest development in the theories on planet formation.… (más)
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To my wife Dunja, to my children, Benjamin, Samuel, Emily and James, and in loving memory of my father, Patrick Joseph Irwin, 13th May 1916-10th May 1966 and most especially of my wonderful mother, Joyce Margaret Irwin (née Kingsbury), 1st April 1926-4th November 2006, who saw the first edition of this book, but sadly will never see the second.
[from the second edition, 2009]
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The giant outer planets--Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune--are by far the largest planetary bodies in the solar system and together comprise 99.56% of the planetary mass.
[from the second edition, 2009]
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This book reviews the current state of knowledge of the atmospheres of the giant gaseous planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The current theories of their formation are reviewed and their recently observed temperature, composition and cloud structures are contrasted and compared with simple thermodynamic, radiative transfer and dynamical models. The instruments and techniques that have been used to remotely measure their atmospheric properties are also reviewed, and the likely development of outer planet observations over the next two decades is outlined. This second edition has been extensively updated following the Cassini mission results for Jupiter/Saturn and the newest ground-based measurements for Uranus/Neptune as well as on the latest development in the theories on planet formation.
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