Spatial variation of the thermal structure of Jupiter's atmosphere

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Oct 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986joat.conf...79b&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Goddard Inst. for Space Studies The Jovian Atmospheres p 79-82 (SEE N87-17598 09-91)

Physics

Atmospheric Heating, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Jupiter Atmosphere, Spatial Distribution, Thermal Radiation, Albedo, Annual Variations, Atmospheric Models, Methane, Radiation Absorption

Scientific paper

The radiative seasonal model described by Bezard and Gautier for the case of Saturn was adapted to Jupiter. That the atmosphere is radiatively controlled above the 500 mb pressure level and that the temperature at the radiative-convective boundary level is constant for all latitudes is assumed. An internal heat source and absorption by methane and aerosols contribute to atmospheric heating. Absorption by aerosols was adjusted to give a planetary Bond albedo equal to 0.343. Despite Jupiter's low obliquity, the model predicts seasonal variations of temperature of several degrees for the 1 mb pressure level at mid-latitude regions.

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