The 8 to 13 µm Spectrum of Jupiter

Details The 8 to 13 µm Spectrum of Jupiter The 8 to 13 µm Spectrum of Jupiter

Nov 1972

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Nature, Volume 240, Issue 5378, pp. 230-232 (1972).

Computer Science

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THE spectrum of Jupiter in the wavelength range 8 to 13 µm is dominated by planetary thermal radiation and can give information on the thermal structure of the atmosphere. Spectra in this wavelength range have been published by Low1 and by Gillet, Low and Stein2. The latter, with resolution Δλ/λ~0.02, gives a hint of the absorption structure of the ν2 band of NH3, and the high brightness temperature observed in the region 7.8 to 8.4 µm has been interpreted as due to CH4 emission from a temperature inversion in the atmosphere of Jupiter. Encrenaz3 has computed the expected Jovian infrared spectrum for a number of model atmospheres, with and without temperature inversion. Here we present observations with resolution Δλ/λ = 0.007 in which details of the ν2 band of NH3 are seen in absorption, resembling the model atmosphere of Encrenaz with monotonically decreasing temperature.

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