کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5487293 1523502 2017 16 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Latitudinal variability in Jupiter's tropospheric disequilibrium species: GeH4, AsH3 and PH3
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات علوم فضا و نجوم
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Latitudinal variability in Jupiter's tropospheric disequilibrium species: GeH4, AsH3 and PH3
چکیده انگلیسی
Jupiter's tropospheric composition is studied using high-resolution, spatially-resolved 5-µm observations from the CRIRES instrument at the Very Large Telescope. The high resolving power (R = 96,000) allows us to spectrally resolve the line shapes of individual molecular species in Jupiter's troposphere and, by aligning the slit north-south along Jupiter's central meridian, we are able to search for any latitudinal variability. Despite the high spectral resolution, we find that there are significant degeneracies between the cloud structure and aerosol scattering properties that complicate the retrievals of tropospheric gaseous abundances and limit conclusions on any belt-zone variability. However, we do find evidence for variability between the equatorial regions of the planet and the polar regions. Arsine (AsH3) and phosphine (PH3) both show an enhancement at high latitudes, while the abundance of germane (GeH4) remains approximately constant. These observations contrast with the theoretical predictions from Wang et al. (2016) and we discuss the possible explanations for this difference.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Icarus - Volume 289, June 2017, Pages 254-269
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