The jet stream of Titan
ESA News Release
24 January 2007
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QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jan 24 2007, 10:31 AM) 
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Analysing the shape of the flash showed that Titan’s atmosphere was flattened at the north pole.
I don't doubt this, in fact I think we have seen this in Cassini images, but what remains very puzzling is why the 'atmospheric drag' experienced by Cassini in the polar pass was about the same as that experienced in passes at lower lattitudes.
Whereas the north polar stratosphere is extremely cold compared to the equator, its stratopause is much warmer than at the equator. Cassini passes even a lot higher than the stratopause. Not sure about temperatures there, but density may well be the same as at the equator.
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