Jupiter's zone-belt structure at radio wavelengths. II - Comparison of observations with model atmosphere calculations

Details Jupiter's zone-belt structure at radio wavelengths. II - Comparison of observations with model atmosphere calculations Jupiter's zone-belt structure at radio wavelengths. II - Comparison of observations with model atmosphere calculations

Nov 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986icar...68..344d&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 68, Nov. 1986, p. 344-365. Research supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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Atmospheric Models, Jupiter Atmosphere, Radio Emission, Ammonia, Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Circulation, Cloud Physics, Photodissociation, Jupiter, Zones, Structure, Radiowaves, Wavelengths, Comparisons, Models, Atmosphere, Calculations, Emissions, Earth-Based Observations, Ammonia, Depletion, Depths, Abundance, Altitude, Distribution, Pressure, Clouds, Chemistry, Dynamics, Saturation, Photodissociation, Meteorology, Gases, Trapping, Temperature, Maps, Photographs, Diagrams

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The models on which the present simulation calculations of Jupiter's thermal emission at radio wavelengths are based are in turn constrained by recent VLA observations at cm-wavelengths of the limb darkening characteristics and zone-belt structure of the planet. Ammonia gas is noted to be superabundant by a factor of nearly 2 by comparison with the solar value at pressure levels greater than 2.2 bar. The present model atmosphere calculations, when compared to the new radio data, confirm the cloud scenario proposed by Bjoraker (1985) and West et al. (1986). Further evidence is found to support Ingersoll and Cuzzy's (1969) theory of the dynamics of Jupiter's cloud bands, in the guise of a mechanism triggering zonal wind motions.

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