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Oct 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984ssrv...39..163l&link_type=abstract
Space Science Reviews (ISSN 0038-6308), vol. 39, Sept.-Oct. 1984, p. 163-192. NASA-supported research.
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Atmospheric Composition, Jupiter Atmosphere, Troposphere, Vertical Distribution, Abundance, Hydrocyanic Acid, Inorganic Compounds, Organic Compounds, Photolysis
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Sources of organic matter and inorganic tracers on Jupiter, including solar UV photolysis, lightning discharges, and convective quenching of hot gases from the lower atmosphere, are reviewed in light of earth-based and Voyager data with the purpose of predicting the tropospheric steady-state abundances and vertical distributions of HCN, CH2O, and other species. It is concluded that a steady-state mole fraction of HCN in the Jovian troposphere of only about 10 to the -12th could be maintained by vertical transport of hot gases from the deep atmosphere. The observed HCN abundance, roughly X(HCN) = 10 to the -9th, appears to be due to photochemical reactions. After HCN, the most abundant organic-disequilibrium species in the troposphere is probably C2H6, derived from direct photolysis of CH4 at high altitudes, with a mole fraction of about 10 to the -10th at the H2O cloud level. Inorganic tracers of disequilibrium processes are also briefly summarized.
Fegley Bruce Jr. M.
Lewis Scott J.
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