Conor A Nixon: Publications

• Hesman, B.E., D.E. Jennings, P.V. Sada, G.L. Bjoraker, R.K. Achterberg, A.A. Simon-Miller, C.M. Anderson, R.J. Boyle, C.A. Nixon, L.N. Fletcher: "Saturn's latitudinal C₂H₂ and C₂H₆ abundance profiles from Cassini/CIRS and ground-based observations." Icarus, submitted.
• Nixon, C.A., N.A. Teanby, S.B. Calcutt, S. Aslam, D.E. Jennings, V.G. Kunde, F.M. Flasar, P.G.J. Irwin, F.W. Taylor: "Infrared limb sounding of Titan with Cassini CIRS: effects of the detector spatial responses." Applied Optics, submitted.
• Teanby, N.A., R. de Kok, P.G.J. Irwin, S. Osprey, S. Vinatier, P.J. Gierasch, P.L. Read, F.M. Flasar, B.J. Conrath, R.K. Achterberg, B. Bézard, C.A. Nixon, S.B. Calcutt: "Titan's polar vortex structure revealed by chemical tracers". J. Geophys. Res., submitted.
• Nixon, C.A., R.K. Achterberg, J.C. Brasunas, D.E. Jennings: "Maximum signal-to-noise theory for a Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer: the Cassini CIRS example". Applied Optics, submitted.
• Teanby, N.A., P.G.J. Irwin, R. de Kok, C.A. Nixon: "Dynamical implications of seasonal and spatial variations in Titan's stratospheric composition". Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, in press.
• Coustenis, A., D.E. Jennings, A. Jolly, Y. Bénilan, C.A. Nixon, S. Vinatier, D. Gautier, G. Bjoraker, P. Romani, R. Carlson, F.M. Flasar: "Detection of C₂HD and the D/H ratio on Titan". Icarus, in press.
• Achterberg, R.K., B.J. Conrath, P.J. Gierasch, F.M. Flasar, C.A. Nixon: "Oberservation of  a tilt of Titan's middle-atmospheric super-rotation". Icarus, in press. (PDF)
• Coustenis, A. and 154 co-authors: "TandEM: Titan and Enceladus Mission" (2008). Astrophysical Instruments and Methods, published electronically. (PDF)
• Jennings, D.E., C.A. Nixon, A. Jolly, B. Bézard, A. Coustenis, S. Vinatier, P.G.J. Irwin, N.A. Teanby,  P.N. Romani, R.K. Achterberg, F.M. Flasar: "Isotopic ratios in Titan's atmosphere from Cassini CIRS limb sounding: HC₃N in the north" (2008). Ap. J. L.,  Vol. 681, pp. L109-L111. (PDF)
• Nixon, C.A., D.E. Jennings, B. Bezard, N.A. Teanby, R.K. Achterberg, A. Coustenis, S. Vinatier, P.G.J. Irwin, P.N. Romani, T. Hewagama, F.M. Flasar: "Isotopic ratios in Titan's atmosphere from Cassini CIRS limb sounding: CO₂ in the equator and south" (2008). Ap. J. L.,  Vol. 681, pp. L101-L103. (PDF)
• Nixon, C.A., R.K. Achterberg, S. Vinatier, B. Bézard, A. Coustenis, P.G.J. Irwin, N.A. Teanby, R. de Kok, P.N. Romani, D.E. Jennings, G.L. Bjoraker, F.M. Flasar: "The ¹²C/¹³C isotopic ratio in Titan hydrocarbons from Cassini/CIRS infrared spectra" (2008). Icarus, Vol. 195, pp. 778-791. (PDF)
• Irwin, P.G.J., N.A. Teanby, R. de Kok, L.N. Fletcher, C.J.A. Howett, C. Tsang, C. Wilson, S.B. Calcutt, C.A. Nixon, P. Parrish: "The NEMESIS planetary atmosphere radiative transfer and retrieval tool" (2008). JQSRT,  Vol. 109, pp. 1136-1150. (PDF)
• Achterberg, R.K., B.J. Conrath, P.J. Gierasch, F.M. Flasar, C.A. Nixon: "Titan's middle-atmospheric temperatures and dynamics observed by the Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer" (2008). Icarus, Vol. 194, pp. 263-277. (PDF)
• Teanby, N.A., P.G. J. Irwin, R. de Kok, C.A. Nixon, A. Coustenis, E. Royer, S.B. Calcutt, N.E. Bowles, L. Fletcher, C. Howett, F.W. Taylor: "Global and temporal variations in hydrocarbons and nitriles in Titan's stratosphere for northern winter observed by Cassini/CIRS" (2008).  Icarus, Vol. 193, pp. 595-611. (PDF)

• Nixon, C.A., D.E. Jennings: "Titan's Prolific Propane" (2007). In Workshop On Planetary Atmospheres, pp. 89-90, LPI Contribution No. 1376, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston. (PDF)
• Vinatier, S., B. Bézard, C.A. Nixon: "The Titan ¹⁴N/¹⁵N and ¹²C/¹³C isotopic ratios in HCN from Cassini/CIRS" (2007).  Icarus, Vol. 191, pp. 712-721. (PDF)
• Bézard, B., C.A. Nixon, I. Kleiner, D.E. Jennings: "Detection of ¹³CH₃D on Titan" (2007). Icarus, Vol. 191, pp. 397-400. (PDF)
• de Kok, R., P.G.J. Irwin, N.A. Teanby, C.A. Nixon, D.E. Jennings, L. Fletcher, C. Howett, S.B. Calcutt, N.E. Bowles, F.M. Flasar, F.W. Taylor: "Characteristics of Titan’s stratospheric aerosols and condensate clouds from Cassini CIRS far-infrared spectra" (2007). Icarus, Vol. 191, pp. 223-235. (PDF)
• Coustenis, A.  R.K. Achterberg, B.J. Conrath, D.E. Jennings, A. Marten, D. Gautier, C.A. Nixon, F.M. Flasar, N.A. Teanby, B. Bézard, R.E. Samuelson, R.C. Carlson, E. Lellouch, G.L. Bjoraker, P.N. Romani, F.W. Taylor, P.G.J. Irwin, T. Fouchet, A. Hubert, G.S. Orton, V.G. Kunde, S. Vinatier, J. Mondellini, M.M. Abbas, R. Courtin: "The composition of Titan's stratosphere from Cassini/CIRS mid-infrared spectra" (2007). Icarus, Vol. 189(1), pp. 35-62. (PDF)
• Vinatier, S., B. Bézard, T. Fouchet, N.A. Teanby, R. de Kok, P.G.J. Irwin, B.J. Conrath, C.A. Nixon, P.N. Romani, F.M. Flasar, A. Coustenis: "Vertical abundance profiles of hydrocarbons in Titan's atmosphere at 15° S and 80° N retrieved from Cassini/CIRS spectra" (2007).  Icarus, Vol. 188(1), pp. 120-138. (PDF)
• Nixon, C.A., R.K. Achterberg, B.J. Conrath, P.G.J. Irwin, N.A. Teanby, T. Fouchet, P.D. Parrish, P.N. Romani, M. Abbas, A. LeClair, D. Strobel, A.A. Simon-Miller, D.J. Jennings, F.M. Flasar and V.G. Kunde: "Meridional variations of C₂H₂ and C₂H₆ in Jupiter's atmosphere from Cassini CIRS infrared spectra" (2007). Icarus, Vol. 188(1), pp. 47-71. (PDF)
• Teanby, N.A., P.G.J. Irwin, R. de Kok, S. Vinatier, B. Bézard, C.A. Nixon, F.M. Flasar, S.B. Calcut, N.E. Bowles, L. Fletcher, C. Howett, F.W. Taylor: "Vertical profiles of HCN, HC₃N and C₂H₂ in Titan's atmosphere derived from Cassini/CIRS data" (2007).  Icarus Vol. 186, pp. 364-384. (PDF)
• de Kok, R., P.G.J. Irwin, N.A. Teanby, E. Lellouch, B. Bézard, S. Vinatier, C.A. Nixon, L. Fletcher, C. Howett, S.B. Calcutt, N.E. Bowles, F.M. Flasar, F.W. Taylor" "Oxygen compounds in Titan's stratosphere as observed by Cassini CIRS" (2007). Icarus, Vol. 186, pp. 354-363. (PDF)

• Teanby, N.A., P.G.J. Irwin, R. de Kok, C.A. Nixon, A. Coustenis, B. Bézard, S.B. Calcut, N.E. Bowles, F.M. Flasar, L. Fletcher, C. Howett, F.W. Taylor: "Latitudinal variations of HCN, HC₃N and C₂N₂ in Titan's stratosphere derived from Cassini CIRS data" (2006).  Icarus Vol. 181 pp. 243-255. (PDF)

• Flasar, F.M., R.K. Achterberg, B.J. Conrath, P.J. Gierasch, V.G. Kunde, C.A. Nixon, G.L. Bjoraker, D.E. Jennings, P.N. Romani, A.A. Simon-Miller, B. Bézard, A. Coustenis, P.G.J. Irwin, N.A. Teanby, J. Brasunas, J.C. Pearl, M.E. Segura, R.C. Carlson, A. Mamoutkine, P.J. Schinder, A. Barucci, R. Courtin, T. Fouchet, D. Gautier, E. Lellouch, A. Marten, R.Prangé, S. Vinatier, D.F. Strobel, S.B. Calcutt, P.L. Read, F.W. Taylor, N. Bowles, R.E. Samuelson, G.S. Orton, L.J. Spilker, T.C. Owen, J.A. Spencer, M.R. Showalter, C. Ferrari, M.M. Abbas, F. Raulin, S. Edgington, P. Ade, E.H. Wishnow: "Titan's Atmospheric Temperatures, Winds and Composition" (2005). Science Vol. 308, pp. 975-978. (PDF)
• Flasar, F.M., R.K. Achterberg, B.J. Conrath, J.C. Pearl, G.L. Bjoraker, D.E. Jennings, P.N. Romani, A.A. Simon-Miller, V.G. Kunde, C.A. Nixon, B. Bézard, G.S. Orton, L.J. Spilker, J.A. Spencer, P.G.J. Irwin, N.A. Teanby, T.C. Owen, J. Brasunas,, M.E. Segura, R. Carlson, A. Mamoutkine, P.J. Gierasch, P.J. Schinder, M.R. Showalter, C. Ferrari, A. Barucci, R. Courtin, A. Coustenis, T. Fouchet, D. Gautier, E. Lellouch, A. Marten, R.Prangé, D.F. Strobel, S.B. Calcutt, P.L. Read, F.W. Taylor, N. Bowles, R.E. Samuelson, M.M. Abbas, F. Raulin, P. Ade, S. Edgington, S. Pilorz, B. Wallis, E. Wishnow: "Temperatures, Winds, and Composition in the Saturnian system" (2005). Science Vol. 307, pp. 1247-1251. (PDF)

• Flasar, F.M., V.G. Kunde, M.M. Abbas, R.K. Achterberg, P. Ade, A. Barucci, B. Bézard, G.L. Bjoraker, J.C. Brasunas, S.B. Calcutt, R. Carlson, C.J. Césarsky, B.J. Conrath, A. Coradini, R. Courtin, A. Coustenis, S. Edberg, S. Edgington, C. Ferrari, T. Fouchet, D. Gautier, P.J. Gierasch, K. Grossman, P. Irwin, D.E. Jennings, E. Lellouch, A.A. Mamoutkine, A. Marten, J.P. Meyer, C.A. Nixon, G.S. Orton, T.C. Owen, J.C. Pearl, R. Prangé, F. Raulin, P.L. Read, P.N. Romani, R.E. Samuelson, M.E. Segura, M.R. Showalter, A.A. Simon-Miller, M.D. Smith, J.R. Spencer, L.J. Spilker and F.W. Taylor: ``Exploring the Saturn System in the Thermal Infrared: The Composite Infrared Spectrometer'' (2004). Space Sci. Rev. Vol. 115, pp. 169-297. (PDF)
• Fouchet, T., P.G.J. Irwin, P. Parrish, S.B. Calcutt, F.W. Taylor, C.A. Nixon, T.C. Owen: "Search for spatial variation in the jovian <sup>15</sup>N/<sup>14</sup>N ratio from Cassini/CIRS observations." (2004). Icarus Vol. 172, pp50-58. (PDF)
• Irwin, P.G.J., P. Parrish, T. Fouchet, S.B. Calcutt, F.W. Taylor, A.A. Simon-Miller, C.A. Nixon: "Retrievals of Jovian upper tropospheric phosphine from Cassini/CIRS" (2004). Icarus Vol. 172, pp37-49. (PDF)
• Fouchet, T., G.O. Orton, P.G.J. Irwin, S.B. Calcutt, C.A. Nixon: "Upper limits on hydrogen halides in Jupiter from Cassini/CIRS observations." (2004). Icarus Vol. 170, pp237-241. (PDF)
• Kunde, V.G., F.M. Flasar, D.E. Jennings, B. Bézard, D.F. Strobel, B.J. Conrath, C.A. Nixon, G.L. Bjoraker, P.N. Romani, R.K. Achterberg, A.A. Simon-Miller, P.G.J. Irwin, J.C. Brasunas, J.C. Pearl, M.D. Smith, G.S. Orton, P.J. Gierasch, L.J. Spilker, R.C. Carlson, A.A. Mamoutkine, S.B. Calcutt, P.L. Read, F.W. Taylor, T. Fouchet, P. Parrish, A. Barucci, R. Courtin, A. Coustenis, D. Gautier, E. Lellouch, A. Marten, R. Prangé, Y. Biraud, C. Ferrari, T.C. Owen, M.M. Abbas, R.E. Samuelson, F. Raulin, P. Ade, C.J. Césarsky, K.U. Grossman, A. Coradini: "Jupiter's Atmospheric Composition from the Cassini Thermal Infrared Spectroscopy Experiment." (2004). Science, Vol. 305, pp1582-1586. (PDF)
• Wong, M.H., G.L. Bjoraker, M.D. Smith, F.M. Flasar, C.A. Nixon: ``Identification of the 10-micron ammonia ice feature at Jupiter'' (2004). Plan. and Space Sci. Vol. 52, No. 5-6, pp385-395. (PDF)
• Abbas, M.M., A. LeClaire, T. Owen, B.J. Conrath, F.M. Flasar, V.G. Kunde, C.A. Nixon, R.K. Achterberg, G.L. Bjoraker, D.J. Jennings, G.O. Orton, P.N. Romani: "The Nitrogen Isotopic Ratio in Jupiter's Atmosphere from Observations by the Composite Infrared Spectrometer on the Cassini Spacecraft" (2004). Astrophys. J. Vol. 602, pp1063-1074. (PDF)
• Nixon, C.A., J. Brasunas, B. Lakew, R. Fettig, D.E. Jennings, R. Carlson, V.G. Kunde: "In-flight far-IR performance of the CIRS instrument on Cassini" (2004). In Proceedings of the International Thermal Detectors Workshop 2003, NASA CP-2004-212748, March 2004. (PDF)
• Flasar, F.M., V.G. Kunde, R.K. Achterberg, B.J. Conrath, A.A. Simon-Miller, C.A. Nixon, P.J. Gierasch, P.N. Romani, B. Bézard, P.G.J. Irwin, G.L. Bjoraker, J.C. Brasunas, D.E. Jennings, J.C. Pearl, M.D. Smith, G.S. Orton, L.J. Spilker, S.J. Edberg, R. Carlson, S.B. Calcutt, P.L. Read, F.W. Taylor, A. Barucci, R. Courtin, A. Coustenis, D. Gautier, E. Lellouch, A. Marten, C. Ferrari, R. Prangé, T.C. Owen, M.M. Abbas, R.E. Samuelson, F. Raulin, P.A.R. Ade, C.J. Césarsky, J.P. Meyer, K.U. Grossman, A. Coradini: "An intense stratospheric jet on Jupiter" (2004). Nature Vol. 427, January 8, pp132-135. (PDF)

• Nixon, C.A., P.G.J. Irwin, S.B. Calcutt, F.W. Taylor & R.W. Carlson: "Atmospheric Composition and Cloud Structure in Jovian 5 micron Hotspots from Analysis of Galileo NIMS measurements" (2001). Icarus Vol. 150, pp48-68. (PDF)

• Roos-Serote, M., A.R. Vasavada, L. Kamp, P. Drossart, P. Irwin, C. Nixon & R.W. Carlson: "Proximate humid and dry regions in Jupiter's atmosphere indicate complex local meteorology" (2000). Nature Vol. 405, May 11, pp158-160. (PDF)

• Nixon, C.A. "Remote Sounding of the Atmosphere of Titan" (1998). D.Phil. Thesis. University of Oxford.
• Taylor, F.W., S.B. Calcutt, P.G.J Irwin, C.A. Nixon, P.L. Read, P.J.C. Smith & T.J. Vellacott: "Investigation of Saturn's Atmosphere by Cassini" (1998). Plan. & Space Sci. Vol. 46 No. 9/10, pp1315-1324. (PDF)

• Drew, J.E., G. Busfield, M.G. Hoare, K.A. Murdoch, C.A. Nixon & R.D. Oudmaijer "MWC 297, B1.5Ve: A zero-age main-sequence star in the Aquila Rift" (1997). Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. Vol. 286, No. 3, pp538-548. (PDF)

• Nixon, C.A. "Galactic HI Broadline Clouds" (1994) Masters Thesis. University of Manchester.