The ammonia mixing ratio in Jupiter's stratosphere
Abstract
Model calculations show that the far-infrared bands of ammonia are very sensitive to the ammonia distribution above the Jovian atmospheric inversion layer. Observation of the J = 5 and J = 6 ammonia bands at moderate resolution ( R ∼ 700) can differentiate between a cold trap model or the irreversible uv photodestruction model for the ammonia distribution. The amount of core emission is very sensitive to the distribution of ammonia above the Jovian inversion layer.
- Publication:
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Icarus
- Pub Date:
- October 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0019-1035(78)90079-9
- Bibcode:
- 1978Icar...36..127G
- Keywords:
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- Ammonia;
- Atmospheric Models;
- Far Infrared Radiation;
- Jupiter Atmosphere;
- Molecular Absorption;
- Stratosphere;
- Abundance;
- Atmospheric Chemistry;
- Atmospheric Physics;
- Brightness Temperature;
- Infrared Absorption;
- Photodissociation;
- Solar System;
- Temperature Inversions;
- JUPITER;
- ATMOSPHERE;
- AMMONIA;
- TEMPERATURES;
- FLUX;
- SPECTRUM;
- EQUILIBRIUM;
- ULTRAVIOLET;
- RADIATION;
- INFRARED;
- TROPOSPHERE;
- STRATOSPHERE;
- PRESSURE;
- PHOSPHORUS HYDRIDE