Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
May 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002agusm.p22a..09v&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2002, abstract #P22A-09
Mathematics
Logic
5418 Heat Flow, 5462 Polar Regions, 5464 Remote Sensing, 5480 Volcanism (8450)
Scientific paper
Io's unusual infrared properties first became evident in the 1960's when eclipse measurements and infrared radiometry yielded results that could not be easily explained by lunar-like models. When Voyager observations in 1979 discovered active volcanism and a geologically youthful surface some of the reasons for this bizarre behavior became evident. The first determination of Io's heat flow resulted from examining the signature of volcanic heat in telescopic observations (Matson et al., JGR, 86, 1664, 1981). Since then, numerous telescopic observations and Galileo observations have greatly expanded our understanding of Io's volcanism. However, significant problems remain. Any successful model must reconcile the various observations and constraints on Io's thermal output: 1. small volcanic hot spots; 2. multi-wavelength radiometry at all longitude; 3. multi-wavelength eclipse observations; and 4. temperature distributions observed by NIMS and PPR on Galileo. Two particularly difficult observational constraints have proved to be the daytime long-wavelength flux (20 microns) from Io, which is actually lower than expected for most passive models despite the obvious presence of volcanic contributions (Veeder et al., JGR, 99, 17095, 1994), and the surprising observation of ubiquitous warm regions at high latitudes in both the day and night (Spencer et al., Sci., 288, 1198, 2000; Rathbun et al., LPSC XXXIII, abs 1371, 2002). This paper presents preliminary results of a self-consistent thermal model that involves small volcanic hot spots, both high and low thermal inertia components on Io's surface, and significant thermal output from cooling lava flows preferentially at high latitudes. The resulting heat flow is ~ 3 W/m2, somewhat higher than previous estimates and well below the upper limit of 13.5 W/m2 derived earlier (Matson et al., JGR, 106, 33021, 2001).
Blaney Diana L.
Davies Andrew G.
Johnson Torrence V.
Matson Dennis L.
Veeder Glenn J. Jr.
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