Lavender Elle Hanson

Lavender Elle Hanson

Graduate student studying clouds on other planets.

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Titan

Stratospheric clouds on Titan

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I am interested in organic ice clouds in Titan’s stratosphere. Unlike clouds on earth, clouds on Titan are made of ices of many different compounds, including methane, ethane, benzene, cyanide, and acetonitrile. But these different species can co-condense to form an impure cloud ice particle. Mixed species ice clouds are known to form in the stratosphere on Titan, and they have implications for chemical transport and the radiative balance of the atmosphere as well as the global circulation. By furthering our understanding of existing observations of Titan’s stratospheric ice, we may also better understand the moon’s weather and climate system as a whole.

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Stratospheric clouds on Titan

less than 1 minute read

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I am interested in organic ice clouds in Titan’s stratosphere. Unlike clouds on earth, clouds on Titan are made of ices of many different compounds, including methane, ethane, benzene, cyanide, and acetonitrile. But these different species can co-condense to form an impure cloud ice particle. Mixed species ice clouds are known to form in the stratosphere on Titan, and they have implications for chemical transport and the radiative balance of the atmosphere as well as the global circulation. By furthering our understanding of existing observations of Titan’s stratospheric ice, we may also better understand the moon’s weather and climate system as a whole.

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Solar System Barycenter

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When thinking about solar system we usually imagine the planets orbiting the Sun, but in reality, every object in the solar system, including the Sun, orbits a moving point called the solar system barycenter…