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Title: Charged-coupled device spectral images of spatially resolved regions of Jupiter in the 6,190- and 8,900- angstrom methane and 6,450- angstrom ammonia bands during the 1989 opposition

Journal Article · · Journal of Geophysical Research; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/91JA01073· OSTI ID:5256913
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Inst. de Astrofisica de Andalucia, Granada (Spain)
  2. Inst. de Astrofisica de Andalucia, Granada (Spain) Univ. de Granada (Spain)

High-quality charge-coupled device spectroscopic observations at different regions of Jupiter in the spectral regions {lambda}{lambda} 6,000-6,600 and 8,700-9,200 {angstrom} at a resolution of 1.2 {angstrom} have been obtained. These spectra allowed the authors to obtain the center-to-limb curves of the equivalent widths of the CH{sub 4} 6,190-{angstrom} band, the NH{sub 3} 6,450-{angstrom} band, and the band depth of the 8,900-{angstrom} band, as well as their latitudinal distribution. Some asymmetries in the center-to-limb distribution of the equivalent widths of the CH{sub 4} 6,190-{angstrom} and NH{sub 3} 6,450-{angstrom} bands were detected, as well as a very prominent decrease toward the planetary limbs for the ammonia band. The latitudinal variations of the CH{sub 4} 6,190-{angstrom} and NH{sub 3} 6,450-{angstrom} equivalent widths were strongly correlated for fractional radii less than 0.4, with a maximum of absorption at the North Equatorial Belt. The South Equatorial Belt, undetectable at visible and near-infrared continuum wavelengths, was discernable at {lambda} = 8,900 {angstrom}. Model computations for the Equatorial Region assuming three aerosol layer models gave some constraints on tropospheric atmospheric parameters during the 1989 Jupiter opposition date.

OSTI ID:
5256913
Journal Information:
Journal of Geophysical Research; (United States), Vol. 96:A8; ISSN 0148-0227
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English