Radiative forcing of the stratosphere of Jupiter, Part I: Atmospheric cooling rates from Voyager to Cassini

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We developed a line-by-line heating and cooling rate model for the stratosphere of Jupiter, based on two complete sets of global maps of temperature, C2H2 and C2H6, retrieved from the Cassini and Voyager observations in the latitude and vertical plane, with a careful error analysis. The non-LTE effect is found unimportant on the thermal cooling rate below the 0.01 mbar pressure level. The most important coolants are molecular hydrogen between 10 and 100 mbar, and hydrocarbons, including ethan...

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Authors: Zhang, X; Nixon, C; Shia, R; West, R; Irwin, P

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Journal: Planetary and Space Science
• Volume: 88
• Pages: 3-25
• Publication date: 2013-01-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2013.07.005
• ISSN: 0032-0633
• Language: English
• Keywords: Radiative transfer; Outer planets; Jupiter atmosphere; Abundance retrieval; Energy balance