Low-latitude thermal structure of Jupiter in the region 0.1-5 bars

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Aug 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980icar...43..143h&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 43, Aug. 1980, p. 143-152.

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Atmospheric Pressure, Heat Flux, Jupiter Atmosphere, Radiative Heat Transfer, Ammonia, Equatorial Atmosphere, Pioneer 10 Space Probe, Pioneer 11 Space Probe, Solar Flux, Stratosphere, Temperature Profiles, Jupiter, Thermal Properties, Structure, Pressure, Latitude, Heat Flux, Mathematical Models, Photometry, Comparisons, Temperatures, Opacity, Data, Albedo, Solar Radiation, Brightness Temperature, Spectrum, Wavelengths, Radiometry

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The radiative heat flux from 0.1 to 10 bars is estimated on the basis of a two-cloud scattering model that fits available spectral data and Pioneer photometry. Deeper than a few bars, the flux is 4.5 W/sq m, compared with the 18.8 W/sq m used in an earlier study by Trafton and Stone. A temperature profile is computed, with the H2 pressure-induced opacity; the temperature at 1 bar is found to be 156 K, rather than the commonly accepted 170 K. An additional optical depth of unity at the 0.67-bar level could restore the conventional value; otherwise a considerably cooler atmosphere is a serious possibility.

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