Assessing the long-term variability of acetylene and ethane in the stratosphere of Jupiter

Henrik Melin, L. N. Fletcher, P. T. Donnelly +6

Acetylene (C${}_2$H${}_2$) and ethane (C${}_2$H${}_6$) are both produced in the stratosphere of Jupiter via photolysis of methane (CH${}_4$). Despite this common source, the latitudinal dist…