Ammonia in the Jovian stratosphere: A comparison of photochemical calculations with IUE observations

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Ammonia, Eddy Viscosity, Jupiter Atmosphere, Photochemical Reactions, Stratosphere, Ultraviolet Reflection, Ultraviolet Spectra, Atmospheric Models, Boundary Layer Transition, Reflectance, Temperature Profiles, Transport Properties, Turbulent Diffusion, Vertical Distribution

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Several bands of the 2168 A electronic transition of ammonia were identified in the Jovian stratosphere by IUE. Vertical distributions of ammonia were generated for two temperature profiles and a range of eddy coefficients, using one dimensional, steady state, photochemical models. Good agreement with the observed reflectivities is found for an eddy coefficient of 1 to 3 times 10 to the 13th power/(n sq root n) sqcm per sec, where the total number density n is measured as molecules per cm. This value, as well as that derived from Voyager methane data, implies a remarkable similarity for the magnitude of eddy transport in the Jovian upper atmosphere with that in the atmospheres of the terrestrial planets.

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