The molecular compositions of the atmospheres of the giant planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) are fundamental to understanding the processes which formed these planets and the solar system as a whole. Microwave observations of these planets probe regions in their atmospheres from approximately 0.1 to several bars, a process otherwise unachievable by visible and infrared means. Many gases and various cloud layers influence the millimeter wave spectra of the outer planets; however phosphine and ammonia are the main microwave absorbers at Saturn at pressures less than two bars. Understanding the pressure induced absorption of both constituents at observational frequencies is therefore vital to the analysis of any observational data. Laboratory measurements have been conducted to measure the microwave absorptivity and refractivity of phosphine and ammonia at Ka-band (32-40 GHz) and W-band (94 GHz), under conditions characteristic of the atmosphere of Saturn. The results were used to verify the accuracy of the phosphine formalism created by Hoffman et. al (2001) for use at millimeter wavelengths. Based on the laboratory measurements conducted, new formalisms were also created to express the opacity of ammonia at the measured frequencies. An important method for the study of planetary atmospheres is the radio occultation experiment ??method that uses radio links between Earth, and the spacecraft which passes behind the planet. The Cassini mission to Saturn, which will be conducting such experiments at Ka-band as well as S (2.3 GHz) and X (8.4 GHz) bands, has prompted the development of a radio occultation simulator used to calculate excess Doppler shifts and attenuation profiles for Saturn, utilizing the newest formalisms for phosphine and ammonia. The results indicate that there will be unambiguous detection and profiling of phosphine and ammonia, and predictions are made for the pressures at which loss of signal is anticipated.

Cette thèse traite de la modélisation des marées fluides des planètes telluriques du système solaire et des systèmes exoplanétaires.En premier lieu, nous examinons la réponse de marée des couches atmosphériques, soumises au potentiel de marée gravifique et au forçage thermique de l’étoile hôte du système. Nous proposons un nouveau modèle global prenant en compte les processus dissipatifs avec un refroidissement newtonien, modèle à partir duquel nous traitons la dynamique des ondes de marées engendrées par ces forçages, et quantifions leur dissipation, le nombre de Love et le couple de marée exercé sur la couche atmosphérique en fonction de la fréquence de forçage. Ceci nous permet d'étudier l'ensemble des configurations possibles depuis les planètes au voisinage de la synchronisation telles que Vénus jusqu'aux rotateurs rapides tels que la Terre.En second lieu, nous développons une approche similaire pour les océans de planètes de type terrestre, où la friction visqueuse effective de la topographie est prise en compte, à partir de laquelle nous quantifions la réponse de marée d’un océan global potentiellement profond et sa dépendance à la fréquence d’excitation. Dans ce cadre, et ce grâce à des modèles locaux, nous caractérisons de manière détaillée les propriétés des spectres en fréquence de la dissipation engendrée par les ondes de marées au sein des couches fluides planétaires (et stellaires) en fonction des paramètres structurels et dynamiques de ces dernières (rotation, stratification, viscosité et diffusivité thermique). / This thesis deals with the modeling of fluid tides in terrestrial planets of the Solar system and exoplanetary systems.First, we examine the tidal response of atmospheric layers, submitted to the tidal gravitational potential and the thermal forcing of the host star of the system. We propose a new global model taking into account dissipative processes with a Newtonian cooling, model that we use to treat the dynamics of tidal waves generated by these forcings, and to quantify their dissipation, the Love number and the tidal torque exerted on the atmospheric layer as a function of the forcing frequency. This allows us to study possible configurations from planets close to synchronization such as Venus to rapid rotators such as the Earth.Second, we develop a similar approach for the oceans of terrestrial planets where the action of topography is taken into account thanks to an effective viscous friction. From this modeling, we quantify the tidal response of a potentially deep global ocean and its dependence of the tidal frequency. In this framework, and by using local models, we characterize in detail the properties of the frequency spectra of dissipation generated by tidal waves within fluid planetary (and stellar) layers as functions of the structural and dynamical parameters of these latters (rotation, stratification, viscosity and thermal diffusivity).

The atmospheres of exoplanets are being characterised in increasing detail by observational facilities and will be examined with even greater clarity with upcoming space based missions such as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Wide Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST). A major component of exoplanet atmospheres is the presence of cloud particles which produce characteristic observational signatures in transit spectra and influence the geometric albedo of exoplanets. Despite a decade of observational evidence, the formation, dynamics and radiative-transport of exoplanet atmospheric cloud particles remains an open question in the exoplanet community. In this thesis, we investigate the kinetic chemistry of cloud formation in hot Jupiter exoplanets, their effect on the atmospheric dynamics and observable properties. We use a static 1D cloud formation code to investigate the cloud formation properties of the hot Jupiter HD 189733b. We couple a time-dependent kinetic cloud formation to a 3D radiative-hydrodynamic simulation of the atmosphere of HD 189733b and investigate the dynamical properties of cloud particles in the atmosphere. We develop a 3D multiple-scattering Monte Carlo radiative-transfer code to post-process the results of the cloudy HD 189733b RHD simulation and compare the results to observational results. We find that the cloud structures of the hot Jupiter HD 189733b are likely to be highly inhomogeneous, with differences in cloud particle sizes, number density and composition with longitude, latitude and depth. Cloud structures are most divergent between the dayside and nightside faces of the planet due to the instability of silicate materials on the hotter dayside. We find that the HD 189733b simulation in post-processing is consistent with geometric albedo observations of the planet. Due to the scattering properties of the cloud particles we predict that HD 189733b will be brighter in the upcoming space missions CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS) bandpass compared to the Transiting Exoplanet Space Survey (TESS) bandpass.