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Spatial Organization and Time Dependence of Jupiter's Tropospheric Temperatures, 1980-1993.

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Glenn S. Orton1, A. James Friedson1, P. Yanamandra-Fisher1, John H. Caldwell, Heidi B. Hammel2, Kevin H. Baines1, Jay T. Bergstralh, Terry Z. Martin1, Robert A. West1, Glenn J. Veeder1, David K. Lynch3, Ray W. Russell3, Michael E. Malcom, W. Golisch4, D. Griep4, C. Kaminski4, Alan T. Tokunaga4, Tom Herbst5, Mark A. Shure4 •
California Institute of Technology1, Massachusetts Institute of Technology2, The Aerospace Corporation3, University of Hawaii4, Max Planck Society5
29 Jul 1994-Science
TL;DR: Evidence was found for a quasi-periodic oscillation of temperatures in the Equatorial Zone, a correlation between tropospheric and stratospheric waves in the North Equatorial Belt, and slowly moving thermal features in theNorth and South Equatorial Belts.
Abstract: The spatial organization and time dependence of Jupiter's temperature near 250-millibar pressure were measured through a jovian year by imaging thermal emission at 18 micrometers. The temperature field is influenced by seasonal radiative forcing, and its banded organization is closely correlated with the visible cloud field. Evidence was found for a quasi-periodic oscillation of temperatures in the Equatorial Zone, a correlation between tropospheric and stratospheric waves in the North Equatorial Belt, and slowly moving thermal features in the North and South Equatorial Belts. There appears to be no common relation between temporal changes of temperature and changes in the visual albedo of the various axisymmetric bands.

62 citations