Publications (10)
Dynamics of cloud features on Uranus
Lawrence Sromovsky, Patrick Fry
Near-infrared adaptive optics imaging of Uranus by the Keck 2 telescope during 2003 and 2004 has revealed numerous discrete cloud features, 70 of which were used to extend the zona…
Uranus at equinox: Cloud morphology and dynamics
Lawrence Sromovsky, Patrick Fry, Heidi Hammel +5
As the 7 December 2007 equinox of Uranus approached, ring and atmosphere observers produced a substantial collection of observations using the 10-m Keck telescope and the Hubble Sp…
Solar system Deep Time-Surveys of atmospheres, surfaces, and rings
Michael H. Wong, Richard Cartwright, Nancy Chanover +20
Imaging and resolved spectroscopy reveal varying environmental conditions in our dynamic solar system. Many key advances have focused on how these conditions change over time. Obse…
Post-equinox dynamics and polar cloud structure on Uranus
Lawrence Sromovsky, Patrick Fry, Heidi Hammel +2
Post equinox imaging of Uranus by HST, Keck, and Gemini telescopes has enabled new measurements of winds over previously sampled latitudes as well as measurements at high northern…
Methane depletion in both polar regions of Uranus inferred from HST/STIS and Keck/NIRC2 observations
Lawrence Sromovsky, Erich Karkoschka, Patrick Fry +3
From STIS observations of Uranus in 2012, we found that the methane volume mixing ratio declined from about 4% at low latitudes to about 2% at 60 deg N and beyond. This is similar…
Astro2020 Science White Paper: Triggered High-Priority Observations of Dynamic Solar System Phenomena
Nancy Chanover, Michael H. Wong, Thomas Greathouse +30
Unexpected dynamic phenomena have surprised solar system observers in the past and have led to important discoveries about solar system workings. Observations at the initial stages…