The abundance and distribution of water vapor in the Jovian troposphere as inferred from Voyager IRIS observations

Details The abundance and distribution of water vapor in the Jovian troposphere as inferred from Voyager IRIS observations The abundance and distribution of water vapor in the Jovian troposphere as inferred from Voyager IRIS observations

Apr 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...388..648c&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 388, April 1, 1992, p. 648-668.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Infrared Astronomy, Jupiter Atmosphere, Spaceborne Astronomy, Troposphere, Water Vapor, Cloud Cover, Iris Satellites, Radiative Transfer, Voyager Project

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The Voyager IRIS spectra of the Jovian North Equatorial Belt (NEB) hot spots are reanalyzed using a radiative transfer model which includes the full effects of anisotropic multiple scattering by clouds. The atmospheric model includes the three thermochemically predicted cloud layers, NH3, NH4SH, and H2O. Spectrally dependent cloud extinction is modeled using Mie theory and the refractive indices of NH3 ice, NH4SH ice, water, and H2O ice. The upper tropospheric temperature profile, gas abundances, height-dependent parahydrogen profile, and vertical distribution of NH3 cloud opacity are retrieved from an analysis of the far-infrared (180-1200/cm) IRIS observations. With these properties constrained, the 5-micron (1800-2300/cm) observations are analyzed to determine the atmospheric and cloud structure of the deeper atmosphere (P of greater than 1.5 bars). The results show that the abundance of water is at least 1.5 times solar with 2 times solar (0.00276 mixing ratio relative to H2) providing the best-fit to the Voyager IRIS hot spot observations.

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