JUPITER’S DEEP CLOUD STRUCTURE REVEALED USING KECK OBSERVATIONS OF SPECTRALLY RESOLVED LINE SHAPES

@article{Bjoraker2015JUPITERSDC,
  title={JUPITER’S DEEP CLOUD STRUCTURE REVEALED USING KECK OBSERVATIONS OF SPECTRALLY RESOLVED LINE SHAPES},
  author={Gordon L. Bjoraker and M. H. Wong and Imke de Pater and M'at'e 'Ad'amkovics},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
  year={2015},
  volume={810}
}
Technique: We present a method to determine the pressure at which significant cloud opacity is present between 2 and 6 bars on Jupiter. We use (a) the strength of a Fraunhofer absorption line in a zone to determine the ratio of reflected sunlight to thermal emission, and (b) pressure-broadened line profiles of deuterated methane (CH3D) at 4.66 μm to determine the location of clouds. We use radiative transfer models to constrain the altitude region of both the solar and thermal components of… 
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