NASA NTRS · 19740012383
Stellar occultations
Abstract
It is important that future occultations by Titan be predicted well in advance, and imperative that they be observed adequately. Stellar occultations can yield reliable temperature/number density profiles of Titan's upper atmosphere near the density level. The temperature profiles can be used to discriminate between atmospheric compositions having high mean molecular weights, and those having low mean molecular weights. Detection of spikes at several wavelengths with high time resolution gives useful limits on the helium content of the atmosphere.
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Veverka, J.. 1974-01-01. Stellar occultations. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19740012383
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