Publication Date:
1991-04-26
Description:
The spatial organization and time dependence of Jupiter's stratospheric temperatures have been measured by observing thermal emission from the 7.8-micrometer CH(4) band. These temperatures, observed through the greater part of a Jovian year, exhibit the influence of seasonal radiative forcing. Distinct bands of high temperature are located at the poles and mid-latitudes, while the equator alternates between warm and cold with a period of approximately 4 years. Substantial longitudinal variability is often observed within the warm mid-latitude bands, and occasionally elsewhere on the planet. This variability includes small, localized structures, as well as large-scale waves with wavelengths longer than approximately 30,000 kilometers. The amplitudes of the waves vary on a time scale of approximately 1 month; structures on a smaller scale may have lifetimes of only days. Waves observed in 1985, 1987, and 1988 propagated with group velocities less than +/-30 meters per second.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Orton, G S -- Friedson, A J -- Baines, K H -- Martin, T Z -- West, R A -- Caldwell, J -- Hammel, H B -- Bergstralh, J T -- Malcom, M E -- Golisch, W F -- Griep, D M -- Kaminski, C D -- Tokunaga, A T -- Baron, R -- Shure, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Apr 26;252(5005):537-42.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17838486" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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