What is the approximate temperature increase due to the Greenhouse Effect on the moon Titan?
the approximate temperature of titan is -290 degrees. The conventional greenhouse effect occurs because the atmosphere is largely transparent to solar radiation, but largely opaque to infrared. In an anti-greenhouse effect, this situation is reversed (i.e. the atmosphere is opaque to solar, but lets out infrared). The haze containing organic molecules in Titan’s upper atmosphere absorb 90% of the solar radiation reaching Titan, but is inefficient at trapping infrared radiation generated by the surface, thus keeping the surface approximately 10 K cooler than would otherwise be expected [1]. In addition, this effect results in a permanently inverted thermocline on Titan with atmospheric temperatures increasing with increasing altitude above the surface. This type of anti-greenhouse effect is only known to occur on Titan, however it is similar to the cooling effects suggested for nuclear winter.
