Characteristics of the relative spectral reflectivity and altitude differences of Jupiter's cloud belts

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Feb 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991kfnt....7...49t&link_type=abstract

Kinematika i Fizika Nebesnykh Tel (ISSN 0233-7665), vol. 7, Jan.-Feb. 1991, p. 49-57. In Russian.

Physics

Cloud Cover, Jupiter Atmosphere, Spectral Reflectance, Jupiter Red Spot, Planetary Surfaces, Rayleigh Scattering

Scientific paper

An analysis of longitudinal variations of the relative spectrophotometric gradients using spectrograms of Jupiter's central meridian is presented. It is shown that in the dark SEB and NEB belts the gradient at 0.40-0.50 micron is significantly smaller than at 0.50-0.68 micron, in contrast to the bright equatorial and tropical zones and polar regions. It is suggested that these effects can be explained as due to differences in cloud top altitudes: the effective cloud boundary in the dark belts is approximately 15-20 km lower than in bright cloud zones.

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