Zonal motion and structure in Jupiter's upper troposphere from Voyager infrared and imaging observations

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Jupiter Atmosphere, Planetary Mapping, Satellite Imagery, Satellite Observation, Troposphere, Voyager Project, Computer Aided Mapping, Cross Correlation, Optical Thickness

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Global digital maps of Jupiter's upper-tropospheric temperature have been generated at the 270- and 150-mb pressure levels, together with IR cloud optical depths at 5 and 45 microns and the ammonia abundance near the 680-mb pressure level, on the basis of Voyager IRIS north-south mapping sequences. Attention is given to the 270-mb and 45 micron data; global digital maps are presented for violet and orange reflectivities. The dominant upper tropospheric thermal structures move at a rate far different from that of the cloud indicators, and are noted to remain stationary relative to the planet's bulk rotation. Strong stationary features are found at a zonal wavenumber of 9 near 15 deg N latitude and of 11 near 20 deg latitude.

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