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Colour and Tropospheric Cloud Structure of Jupiter from MUSE/VLT: Retrieving a Universal Chromophore
Ashwin S. Braude, Patrick G. J. Irwin, Glenn S. Orton +1
Recent work by Sromovsky et al. (2017, Icarus 291, 232-244) suggested that all red colour in Jupiter's atmosphere could be explained by a single colour-carrying compound, a so-call…
Uranus in Northern Mid-Spring: Persistent Atmospheric Temperatures and Circulations Inferred from Thermal Imaging
Michael T. Roman, Leigh N. Fletcher, Glenn S. Orton +2
We present results from mid-infrared imaging of Uranus at wavelengths of 13.0 micron and 18.7 micron, sensing emission from the stratosphere and upper troposphere, acquired using t…
Saturn atmospheric dynamics one year after Cassini: Long-lived features and time variations in the drift of the Hexagon
R. Hueso, A. Sánchez-Lavega, J. F. Rojas +15
We examine Saturn's atmosphere with observations from ground-based telescopes and Hubble Space Telescope (HST). We present a detailed analysis of observations acquired during 2018.…
First ALMA Millimeter Wavelength Maps of Jupiter, with a Multi-Wavelength Study of Convection
Imke de Pater, R. J. Sault, Chris Moeckel +15
We obtained the first maps of Jupiter at 1-3 mm wavelength with the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) on 3-5 January 2017, just days after an energetic eruption a…
Herschel map of Saturn's stratospheric water, delivered by the plumes of Enceladus
T. Cavalié, V. Hue, P. Hartogh +13
Context. The origin of water in the stratospheres of Giant Planets has been an outstanding question ever since its first detection by ISO some 20 years ago. Water can originate fro…
Ice Giant Systems: The Scientific Potential of Orbital Missions to Uranus and Neptune
Leigh N. Fletcher, Ravit Helled, Elias Roussos +27
Uranus and Neptune, and their diverse satellite and ring systems, represent the least explored environments of our Solar System, and yet may provide the archetype for the most comm…
Ice Giant Circulation Patterns: Implications for Atmospheric Probes
Leigh N. Fletcher, Imke de Pater, Glenn S. Orton +4
Atmospheric circulation patterns derived from multi-spectral remote sensing can serve as a guide for choosing a suitable entry site for a future in situ probe mission. Since the Vo…
How well do we understand the belt/zone circulation of Giant Planet atmospheres?
Leigh N. Fletcher, Yohai Kaspi, Tristan Guillot +1
The atmospheres of the four giant planets of our Solar System share a common and well-observed characteristic: they each display patterns of planetary banding, with regions of diff…
Jupiter's Atmospheric Variability from Long-Term Ground-based Observations at 5 microns
Arrate Antuñano, Leigh N. Fletcher, Glenn S. Orton +7
Jupiter's banded structure undergoes strong temporal variations, changing the visible and infrared appearance of the belts and zones in a complex and turbulent way due to physical…
Thermal Emission from the Uranian Ring System
Edward M. Molter, Imke de Pater, Michael T. Roman +1
The narrow main rings of Uranus are composed of almost exclusively centimeter- to meter-sized particles, with a very small or nonexistent dust component; however, the filling facto…
Latitudinal variation in the abundance of methane (CH4) above the clouds in Neptune's atmosphere from VLT/MUSE Narrow Field Mode Observations
Patrick G. J. Irwin, Daniel Toledo, Ashwin S. Braude +5
Observations of Neptune, made in 2018 using the new Narrow Field Adaptive Optics mode of the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) f…
Jupiter's Ammonia Distribution Derived from VLA Maps at 3--37 GHz
I. de Pater, R. J. Sault, M. H. Wong +3
We observed Jupiter four times over a full rotation (10 hrs) with the upgraded Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) between December 2013 and December 2014. Preliminary results at…
Potential Vorticity of Saturn's Polar Regions: Seasonality and Instabilities
Arrate Antuñano, Teresa Del Río-Gaztelurrutia, Agustín Sánchez-Lavega +2
We analyse the potential vorticity of Saturn's polar regions, as it is a fundamental dynamical tracer that enables us to improve our understanding of the dynamics of these regions…
Rotational Light Curves of Jupiter from UV to Mid-Infrared and Implications for Brown Dwarfs and Exoplanets
Huazhi Ge, Xi Zhang, Leigh N. Fletcher +7
Rotational modulations are observed on brown dwarfs and directly imaged exoplanets, but the underlying mechanism is not well understood. Here, we analyze Jupiter's rotational light…