Colour and cloud structure in the atmospheres of the giant planets

Thesis

For decades, the origin of colour-carrying compounds ('chromophores') in Jupiter and Saturn's atmospheres has remained elusive. Changes in colour are often associated with cyclical meteorological events ('upheavals') on Jupiter. Multiple datasets were obtained from the VLT/MUSE instrument between 2014 and 2018, each containing spatially-resolved spectra of Jupiter and Saturn between 0.48um and 0.93um. We describe the analysis of these datasets to characterise Jovian and Saturnian chromopho...

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Authors: Braude, A

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Outer Planets; Giant Planets; Jupiter; Cloud; Radiative Transfer; Saturn; Chromophore; Atmospheres
• Subjects: Saturn (Planet); Jupiter (Planet); Outer planets--Atmospheres