TY - JOUR
T1 - Interaction of photoionisation and meteoric input in the atmosphere of Jupiter
AU - Campbell, Laurence
AU - Jones, Darryl B.
AU - White, Ronald D.
AU - García, Gustavo
AU - Ingólfsson, Oddur
AU - Lopes, M. Cristina A.
AU - Brunger, Michael J.
PY - 2019/12/10
Y1 - 2019/12/10
N2 - Interplanetary dust grains and meteoroids are assumed to deliver oxygen to the atmosphere of Jupiter. A current photochemical model overestimates the resultant density of water relative to an available measurement. This paper investigates whether the interaction of photoionisation and meteoric products can explain that discrepancy. As any process that breaks up water molecules is likely to produce hydroxyl, the predicted densities of hydroxyl are also investigated as a possible target for remote sensing. It is found that the densities of water are not changed by the addition of photoionisation, but that higher OH densities are predicted above about 400 km.
AB - Interplanetary dust grains and meteoroids are assumed to deliver oxygen to the atmosphere of Jupiter. A current photochemical model overestimates the resultant density of water relative to an available measurement. This paper investigates whether the interaction of photoionisation and meteoric products can explain that discrepancy. As any process that breaks up water molecules is likely to produce hydroxyl, the predicted densities of hydroxyl are also investigated as a possible target for remote sensing. It is found that the densities of water are not changed by the addition of photoionisation, but that higher OH densities are predicted above about 400 km.
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UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160102787
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP180101655
U2 - 10.1140/epjd/e2019-100466-y
DO - 10.1140/epjd/e2019-100466-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85076275009
SN - 1434-6060
VL - 73
JO - European Physical Journal D
JF - European Physical Journal D
IS - 12
M1 - 252
ER -