The methane cloud deck of Uranus is found low in the troposphere. The methane clouds are the only clouds to be found on Uranus. The location of the clouds is predicted based upon the temperature at which methane vapor will condense. The altitude at which the temperature of condensation occurs, according to the temperature profile shown in the figure by a straight black line, is where the clouds ought to be.
The graph shows that the temperature in the troposphere goes from about -243 degrees (120 K) to about -370 degrees (55 K). The clouds are found at about 50 km below the tropopause, where the temperature becomes about 70 K.
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The methane clouds of Uranus are found low in the atmosphere. The methane clouds are the only clouds to be found on Uranus, but there are hazes of smog high in the atmosphere.
The diagram shows that the temperature in the atmosphere goes from about -243 degrees (120 K) to about -370 degrees (55 K). The clouds are found at the height where the temperature becomes about 70 K.
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The methane clouds of Uranus are found low in the atmosphere. The methane clouds are the only clouds to be found on Uranus, but there are hazes of smog high in the atmosphere.
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