dixen (Unstopable Lover + The Bachelor): Titan's clouds don't move with the seasons exactly as we expected, said Sebastian Rodriguez of the University of Paris Diderot, in collaboration with Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectometer team members at the University of Nantes, France. We see lots of clouds during the summer in the southern hemisphere, and this summer seems to last into the early fall. continued... *
14-06-09 - 01:27:43

dixen (Unstopable Lover + The Bachelor): It looks like Indian summer on Earth, even if the mechanisms are radically different on Titan from those on Earth. Titan may then experience a warmer and wetter early autumn than forecasted by the models. continued... *
14-06-09 - 01:30:25

dixen (Unstopable Lover + The Bachelor): On Earth, abnormally warm, dry weather periods in latd autumn occur when low-pressure systems are blocked in the winter hemisphere. By contrast, scientists think the sluggishness of temperature changes at the surface and low atmosphere on Titan may be responsible for its unexpected warm and wet, hence cloudy, late summer. continued... *
14-06-09 - 01:34:42

dixen (Unstopable Lover + The Bachelor): As summer changes to fall at the equinox in August 2009, Titan's clouds are expected to dissappear altogether. Circulation models, however, of Titan's weather and climate predict that clouds at the southern latitudes don't wait for the equinox and should have already faded out since 2005. continued... *
14-06-09 - 01:38:58

dixen (Unstopable Lover + The Bachelor): Cassini was still able to see clouds at these places late 2007, and some of them are particularly active at midatitudes and the equator. Titan is the only moon in our solar system with a substantial atmosphere, and its climate shares earthlike characteristics. continued... *
14-06-09 - 01:42:53