Jupiter's cloud distribution between the Voyager 1 and 2 encounters - Results from 5-micrometer imaging

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Clouds, Infrared Imagery, Jupiter Atmosphere, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Spatial Distribution, Voyager Project, High Resolution, Infrared Interferometers, Infrared Spectrometers, Micrometers

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As part of a continuing effort of ground-based support for Voyager target selection, infrared images in the 5-micrometer wavelength region were acquired in preparation for the Voyager 2 flyby of Jupiter. Observations were made during May 1979 from the Palomar 5-meter telescope and the new 3-meter NASA Infrared Telescope Facility at Mauna Kea and are compared to previous observations. Variations seen in the 5-micrometer flux distribution suggest global patterns of clouding over of some Jovian belts and clearing of others. These data were used to predict the Jovian cloud distribution at the time of the Voyager 2 encounter in order to target the imaging and infrared experiments to areas free of high obscuring clouds.

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