Ammonia in the atmospheres of Saturn and Jupiter

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Apr 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980icar...42...93s&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 42, Apr. 1980, p. 93-101.

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Ammonia, Jupiter Atmosphere, Saturn Atmosphere, Abundance, Atmospheric Models, Telescopes, Planets, Saturn, Jupiter, Atmosphere, Ammonia, Abundance, Models, Data, Hydrogen, Element Ratios, Absorption, Pressure, Observations, Thickness, Theoretical Studies, Wavelengths, Bandwidths, Thermal Structure, Spectrum, Temperatures, Layers, Reflectance, Scattering, Optical Properties, Clouds

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A profile and equivalent width for the 6451.1-A feature of the 6450-A band of ammonia at the equator and south pole of Saturn have been measured. Estimates for the NH3 abundance at the center of the disk which vary from 0.4 to 5 m-am, depending upon the atmospheric model used, lead to uncertainties in the NH3/H2 ratio which are greater than a factor of 10. Half-widths for theoretical line profiles computed from models in which the NH3 absorption occurs at a pressure level of 1.0 atm agree with the observed profiles. NH3/H2 ratios have been obtained which range from 0.00001 to 0.00002 for Jupiter.

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