Table 2 Cloud altitudes from radiative transfer modelling.

From: An enduring rapidly moving storm as a guide to Saturn’s Equatorial jet’s complex structure

Layer

Parameter

EZ

WS

DS

Stratospheric haze

P1 (mbar)

10±10

  
 

P2 (mbar)

24±12

  
 

τ1 (937nm)

0.1±0.1

  
 

m r

1.43

  
 

m i

0.001

  
 

a (μm)

0.4±0.2

  
 

b

0.1

  

Tropospheric haze

P3 (mbar)

30±10

  
 

P4 (mbar)

300±100

 

600±300

 

τ 2

9±4

 

12±5

 

ϖ0 (225 nm)

0.84±0.03

  
 

ϖ0 (336 nm)

0.7±0.1

  
 

ϖ0 (410 nm)

0.85±0.02

  
 

ϖ0 (502 nm)

0.98±0.06

  
 

ϖ0 (547 nm)

0.99±0.05

  
 

ϖ0 (>689 nm)

1.000

  
 

f

0.8

  
 

g 1

0.8

  
 

g 2

0.3

  

Bottom cloud

P5 (bar)

1.4

1.0±0.3

5.0±4.0

 

P6 (bar)

1.5

2.0±1.0

5.0±4.0

 

τ 3

> 10

  
 

ϖ0

0.998±0.001

(1.000)

 
  1. EZ, equatorial zone; DS, dark spot; WS, white spot.