Redetermination of monochromatic absorption coefficients of methane with regard to thermal conditions in giant planet atmospheres. IV. Jupiter and Saturn

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Dynamics and Physics of Solar System Bodies
Morozhenko, AV
Kinemat. fiz. nebesnyh tel (Online) 2007, 23(6):337-348
https://doi.org/10.3103/S0884591307060025
Language: Russian
Abstract: 

On the basis of some data on spectral dependence of geometric albedo for the discs of Jupiter and Saturn, we determined the regularity in the change of the aerosol optical depth with altitude in the upper atmospheres, the relative concentration of methane (0.00125) for Jupiter’s atmosphere, the monochromatic absorption coefficients of methane (or the superposition of these coefficients for methane and ammonia) in the spectral region from λ 527 nm to λ 956 nm.

Keywords: absorption coefficients of methane, Jupiter, planet atmosphere, Saturn

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