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Jupiter's Microwave Spectrum: Implications for the Upper Atmosphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

S. Gulkis ,
M. J. Klein  and
R. L. Poynter
S. Gulkis
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.
M. J. Klein
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.
R. L. Poynter
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.

Abstract

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It is shown through the use of weighting functions that Jupiter's brightness temperature in the wavelength range 0.8–1.5 cm contains information on the thermal structure and abundance of ammonia in and above the tropopause in Jupiter's atmosphere. We present new data of Jupiter's brightness temperature in this wavelength range, and compare the results with theoretical spectra. The pressure in the Jovian atmosphere is estimated from these data to be 0.48 atm at 130K.

Type
Part III Outer Planets and Their Satellites
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 65: Exploration of the Planetary System , 1974 , pp. 367 - 374
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974 

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