Atmosphere Science Page Images Grouped by Science Objective Images Grouped by Orbit Background and General Plan for Jupiter Atmospheric Observations Atmospheric Science Goals Atmospheric Questions for Imaging of Jupiter Related Links

• Images Grouped by Science Objective

  • Atmospheric Haze
  • Aurora
  • Great Red Spot
  • Hot Spots
  • Lightning
  • Northern Latitudes, Equatorial Belt Zone, Southern Latitudes
  • White Ovals
  • Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) Data
  • Photopolarimeter Radiometer (PPR) Data
  • Ultraviolet Spectrometer (UVS) Data

• Images Grouped by Orbit

  • Orbit 1
  • Orbit 2
  • Orbit 3
  • Orbit 4
  • Orbit 6
  • Orbit 7
  • Orbit 8
  • Orbit 9
  • Orbit 10
  • Orbit 11
  • Orbit 17

• Atmospheric Science Goals

  1. Determine chemical composition
  2. Determine structure to a pressure depth of at least 10 bars
  3. Determine nature of cloud particles and location and structure of cloud layers
  4. Determine radiative energy balance
  5. Investigate circulation and dynamics
  6. Investigate upper atmosphere and ionosphere

• Atmospheric Questions for Imaging of Jupiter

  1. Why are there bands and jets on Jupiter?
  2. How is heat transported from the interior?
  3. Why are jets stable?
  4. Why are hotspots and ovals stable?
  5. Are clouds passive tracers or active dynamically in causing jets and bands?
  6. Why do the clouds have colors?
  7. How are clouds formed?
  8. What trace chemicals are present?
     How are they created and transported?
  9. What hazes exist in the stratosphere?
     How do they affect deeper clouds?

• Related Links

  • Jupiter Maps from New Mexico State University's Atmospheres Discipline Node of the NASA Planetary Data System.

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