Constraints on the NH3 and PH3 distributions in the Great Red SPOT

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Apr 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986icar...66..188w&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 66, April 1986, p. 188-191.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Absorption Spectra, Ammonia, Jupiter Red Spot, Phosphines, Spatial Distribution, Astronomical Models, Constraints, Iue, Radiative Transfer, Rayleigh Scattering, Spatial Resolution, Spectral Resolution, Jupiter, Great Red Spot, Surface, Features, Ammonia, Radiative Transfer, Phosphine, Distribution, Iue Satellite, Absorption, Mixing Ratio, Scattering, Pressure, Models, Eddy Diffusion, Satellite Observations

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Medium resolution (10 A) UV spectra were obtained for the Great Red Spot (GRS) and South Tropical Zone (STZ) of Jupiter using the low dispersion mode of the IUE spectrometers at wavelengths from 1900-2200 A. The scans were carried out to determine the coloring agent for the GRS to improve the database for developing photochemical models of the feature. The wavelengths were selected to cover the absorption features of NH3 and PH3. The resulting data were interpreted using a vertically inhomogeneous Rayleigh scattering radiative transfer model. Various NH3 concentrations were explored in an effort to fit the data, taking into account changes which would occur at different atmospheric pressure levels and due to the projected temperature fields. A forbidden NH3/forbidden H2 mixing ratio that was calculated at the 80-125 mbar pressure level in the GRS was enhanced by 3-10 percent relative to the STZ. An upper limit was obtained for the mixing ratio of PH3 in the GRS that is significantly lower than previously predicted concentrations, implying that vertical transport in the GRS is not much greater than in adjacent regions.

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