Draft 1 Solar System Weather

This topic submitted by Nichole Franz, Erin Freihofer, Lauren Smith ( freihoea@muohio.edu ) on 1/24/02 .

Our study is to examine the weather on the other eight planets and compare it to that on our own planet. We predict that the relationship that the size of the planet and its location in the solar system has an impact on its individual weather patterns. Our reseach design includes creating individual weather reports for the planets. Our method for this design is to examine any patterns involved and any other phenomena that may occur. Each planets' atmosphere will be compared and contrasted in regards to the patterns associated with the weather. Our expectations are to confirm our hypothesis and to provide the class with an easy way to examine the planets' weather.

Sources for further examination:

Websites:
Discovery Channel- dsc.discover.com/covergence/planetstorm/planetstorm.html
www.lpi.usra.edu/library/website.html
www.imsa.edu/edu/astro/astrostudents/97_98_1/t06p1/
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)- Solar Sytem Tour
www.planetweather.com
www.nineplanets.com

Journals:
Record 1
Author Owen, T.
Title Inner planet atmospheres; the case for cometary contributions
Journal Name Meteoritics & Planetary Science
Appears In Vol. 36, no. 9 Suppl.
Pages p. 156
Host Item Author
Consolmagno, Guy J. , chairperson
Host Item Imprint
Fayetteville, AR : Meteoritical Society, Sep. 2001

Record 2
Author McElroy, Michael Haselton, Aaron, editor Matthews, Clifford, editor
Alternate Author
Haselton, Aaron, editor Matthews, Clifford, editor
Title Comparison of planetary atmospheres; Mars, Venus, and Earth
Journal Name Environmental evolution; effects of the origin and evolution of life on planet Earth
Pages p. 29-44
Host Item Author
Margulis, Lynn , editor
Host Item Imprint
Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2000

Record 3
Author Killen, Rosemary M. Potter, A. E.
Alternate Author Potter, A. E.
Title Dynamic changes in Mercury's atmosphere over a one week period
Journal Name Abstracts of Papers Submitted to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Appears In Vol. 30
Pages abstr. no. 1923
Host Item Imprint
Houston, TX : Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 1999
Abstract
Images of Mercury's atmosphere obtained during Nov. 13-20, 1997, have been reduced to absolute abundance at 0.5" resolution. The abundance increased by roughly a factor of 2.5 during this week, beginning as a strong polar enhancement and spreading equatorward.

Record 4
Author Flasar, F. Michael
Title Titan weather report
Journal Name Nature (London)
Appears In Vol. 395, no. 6702
Pages p. 541-543
Host Item Imprint
London : Macmillan Journals, Oct. , 08 1998

Record 5
Author Banfield, Donald J.
Title A dynamical history of the inner Neptunian satellites, and Martian weather; Viking observations and M.O. data assimilation techniques
Book Pub. Year 1994
Pages 149 p.
Note
Thesis (Ph. D.)--California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.

Record 6
Author Eberhart, Jonathan
Title Jupiter: The Planetless Planet?
Journal Name Science News (Washington)
Appears In Vol. 106, no. 12
Pages p. 186-187
Host Item Imprint
Washington, DC : Science Service, 1974

BBC - solar system

The nine planets

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