The single scattering phase functions of Jupiter's clouds

Details The single scattering phase functions of Jupiter's clouds The single scattering phase functions of Jupiter's clouds

Oct 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986joat.conf...83d&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Goddard Inst. for Space Studies The Jovian Atmospheres p 83-93 (SEE N87-17598 09-91)

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Atmospheric Models, Atmospheric Scattering, Jupiter Atmosphere, Light Scattering, Transfer Functions, Albedo, Haze, Least Squares Method, Limb Darkening, Pioneer Space Probes, Planetary Limb

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The determination of the single scattering phase functions of Jupiter's clouds and a thin upper haze by Tomasko et al. was refined and extended to seven latitudes in blue and red light. The phase function is well-constrained by the Pioneer 10 and 11 photometric data sets. Multiple scattering models were computed to match the limb darkening at each latitude at up to 15 phase angles from 12 deg to 151 deg. Ground-based observations were used for absolute calibration and to extend the data to lower phase angles. The phase functions were parameterized using the double Henyey-Greenstein function. The three Henyey-Greenstein parameters and the single scattering albedo were determined using a non-linear least squares method for the haze and the clouds below. The phase functions derived for the northen zone and belt are remarkably similar to the phase functions of the corresponding regions in the south, with most of the differences in brightness of the northern and southern features resulting from minor differences in single scattering albedo. Analysis of the Equatorial Region is complicated by the presence of numerous small features, but the phase function required is generally similar to that seen in the more homogeneous regions. Details of the phase functions of the haze and clouds are presented, and the differences between the cloud phase functions at low and high latitudes in red and blue light are discussed.

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