Publication Date:
2019-07-12
Description:
Using absolute calibrations referenced to Mars, narrowband photometry has been obtained for the Jovian disk in ten passbands covering the 0.35-3.3 mm wavelength range. Existing atmospheric temperature structure and composition constraints are taken as the context for an analysis of the derived brightness temperature spectrum. Results obtained for the 0.35-0.45 mm range are noted to suggest that radiances can be matched by models which include NH3 ice particles of 30-100 micron size. A 5-percent increase of the absolute calibration scale would yield results well fitted by a clear atmosphere model, obviating the supposition of additional Jovian atmosphere absorption.
Keywords:
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Type:
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035); 65; 244-256
Format:
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