Aerosol composition of hot giant exoplanets dominated by silicates and hydrocarbon hazes

P Gao, DP Thorngren, EKH Lee, JJ Fortney… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Aerosols are common in the atmospheres of exoplanets across a wide swath of
temperatures, masses and ages,–. These aerosols strongly impact observations of …

Atmospheric chemistry on Uranus and Neptune

JI Moses, T Cavalié, LN Fletcher… - … transactions of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Comparatively little is known about atmospheric chemistry on Uranus and Neptune,
because remote spectral observations of these cold, distant 'Ice Giants' are challenging, and …

Storms and the depletion of ammonia in Jupiter: II. Explaining the Juno observations

T Guillot, C Li, SJ Bolton, ST Brown… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Observations of Jupiter's deep atmosphere by the Juno spacecraft have revealed several
puzzling facts: The concentration of ammonia is variable down to pressures of tens of bars …

Mid-infrared observations of the giant planets

MT Roman - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The mid-infrared spectral region provides a unique window into the atmospheric
temperature, chemistry, and dynamics of the giant planets. From more than a century of mid …

A high spatial and spectral resolution study of Jupiter's mid-infrared auroral emissions and their response to a solar wind compression

JA Sinclair, TK Greathouse, RS Giles… - The Planetary …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present mid-infrared spectroscopy of Jupiter's mid-to-high latitudes using the Gemini-
North/Texas Echelon Cross Echelle Spectrograph on 2017 March 17–19. These …

Jupiter's equatorial plumes and hot spots: Spectral mapping from Gemini/TEXES and Juno/MWR

LN Fletcher, GS Orton, TK Greathouse… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present multiwavelength measurements of the thermal, chemical, and cloud contrasts
associated with the visibly dark formations (also known as 5‐μm hot spots) and intervening …

On the spatial distribution of minor species in Jupiter's troposphere as inferred from Juno JIRAM data

D Grassi, A Adriani, A Mura, SK Atreya… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The spatial distribution of water, ammonia, phosphine, germane, and arsine in the Jupiter's
troposphere has been inferred from the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) Juno data …

The Spatial Variation of Water Clouds, NH3, and H2O on Jupiter Using Keck Data at 5 Microns

GL Bjoraker, MH Wong, I de Pater, T Hewagama… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
We obtained high-resolution spectra of Jupiter between 4.6 and 5.4 µm using NIRSPEC on
the Keck 2 telescope in February 2017. We measured the spatial variation of NH 3, H 2 O …

Revisiting Jupiter's deuterium fraction in the rotational ground-state line of HD at high spectral resolution

H Wiesemeyer, R Güsten, P Hartogh, Y Okada… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
The cosmic deuterium fraction, set by primordial nucleosynthesis and diminished by
subsequent astration, is a valuable diagnostic tool to link the protosolar nebula to the history …

Color and Structure of Jupiter's Uppermost Cloud Deck during the Juno Era

EK Dahl - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Both the identity of the coloring agent (s) in Jupiter's atmosphere and the exact structure of
Jupiter's uppermost cloud deck are yet to be conclusively understood. While the arrival of the …