Wind driven capillary-gravity waves on Titan’s lakes: Hard to detect or non-existent?

•We model initial wave generation on Titan’s hydrocarbon lakes and seas.•The effects of gravity, density, viscosity, and surface tension are quantified.•The threshold wind (at 10m) for wave generation in liquid ethane on Titan is 0.6m/s.•A two-scale model is constructed to predict radar backscatter...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962) N.Y. 1962), 2013-07, Vol.225 (1), p.403-412
Hauptverfasser:	Hayes, A.G., Lorenz, R.D., Donelan, M.A., Manga, M., Lunine, J.I., Schneider, T., Lamb, M.P., Mitchell, J.M., Fischer, W.W., Graves, S.D., Tolman, H.L., Aharonson, O., Encrenaz, P.J., Ventura, B., Casarano, D., Notarnicola, C.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Astrophysics Infrared observations Physics Radar observations Saturn, Satellites Titan
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