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Carbon monoxide on Jupiter and implications for atmospheric convectionA study of the equilibrium and disequilibrium thermochemistry of the recently discovered carbon monoxide on Jupiter suggests that the presence of this gas in the visible atmosphere is a direct result of very rapid upward mixing from levels in the deep atmosphere where the temperature is about 1100 K and where carbon monoxide is thermodynamically much more stable. As a consequence the observed carbon monoxide mixing ratio is a sensitive function of the vertical eddy mixing coefficient. We infer a value for this latter coefficient which is about three to four orders of magnitude greater than that in the earth's troposphere. This result directly supports existing structural and dynamical theories implying very rapid convection in the deep Jovian atmosphere, driven by an internal heat source.
Document ID
19780032794
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Prinn, R. G.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Barshay, S. S.
(MIT Cambridge, Mass., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
December 9, 1977
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Volume: 198
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
78A16703
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-22-009-521
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF DES-74-14116
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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