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Latitudinal variations in Jovian stratospheric temperature |
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| Authors: | RD Cess Barbara E Carlson John Caldwell IG Nolt FC Gillett AT Tokunaga |
| Institution: | Laboratory for Planetary Atmospheres Research, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA;Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA;Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, Arizona 85726, USA;Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85726, USA |
| Abstract: | Ground-based observations of Jupiter show that the planet's stratospheric and tropospheric thermal emission are anticorrelated. The observations can possibly be explained by latitudinal variations in cloud altitude. These variations cause differential stratospheric heating by sunlight which is reflected off the clouds and then absorbed within the stratosphere by visible and near-infrared bands of methane. |
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