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LOCATION:Gerard P. Kuiper Space Sciences 
SUMMARY:Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:Jonathan Mitchell\, of the University of California\, Los Angeles\, will present \"Titan's Weather\, Climate and Winds\".Abstract\:Titan's atmosphere is laden with methane vapor\, the equivalent of an approxomately 5-meter global ocean. I will demonstrate how the coupling of methane thermodynamics to Titan's large-scale circulation limits cloud coverage and duration\, defines climate zones and damps the seasonal cycle of temperatures. Cassini and ground-based observations are beginning to reveal these effects in the seasonality of methane clouds and the latitudinal distribution of surface morphologies. I will also discuss dynamical mechanisms leading to the phenomenon of atmospheric superrotation in Titan's atmosphere including a possible explanation for the orientation of prograde surface winds revealed in Titan's equatorial dunes. 
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