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We present a retrieval analysis of TEXES (Texas Echelon Cross Echelle Spectrograph (Lacy et al., 2002)) spectra of Jupiter’s high latitudes obtained on NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility on December 10 and 11th 2014. The vertical temperature profile and vertical profiles of C2H2, C2H4 and C2H6 were retrieved at both high-northern and high-southern latitudes and results were compared in ‘quiescent’...
Auroral processes are evident in Jupiter’s polar atmosphere over a large range in wavelength (X-ray to radio). In particular, previous observations in the mid-infrared (5–15 µm) have shown enhanced emission from CH4, C2H2 and C2H4 and further stratospheric hydrocarbon species in spatial regions coincident with auroral processes observed at other wavelengths. These regions, described as auroral-related...
Global maps of Jupiter’s atmospheric temperatures, gaseous composition and aerosol opacity are derived from a programme of 5–20 µm mid-infrared spectroscopic observations using the Texas Echelon Cross Echelle Spectrograph (TEXES) on NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF). Image cubes from December 2014 in eight spectral channels, with spectral resolutions of R ∼2000−12,000 and spatial resolutions...
Lunar swirls – the enigmatic, magnetically-anomalous regions – are observed for the first time at far-UV (FUV) wavelengths using LRO/LAMP. Swirls in both highlands and mare regions are spectrally relatively red (or less blue) than surrounding terrains, indicating a difference in weathering and/or composition in the swirls vs. non-swirl regions. We compare spectra of the highlands swirl Gerasimovich...
We present results from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s (LRO) UV spectrograph LAMP (Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project) campaign to study the lunar atmosphere. Several off-nadir maneuvers (lateral rolls) were performed to search for resonantly scattering species, increasing the illuminated line-of-sight (and hence the signal from atoms resonantly scattering the solar photons) compared to previously reported...
Saturn’s axial tilt of 26.7° produces seasons in a similar way as on Earth. Both the stratospheric temperature and composition are affected by this latitudinally varying insolation along Saturn’s orbital path. The atmospheric thermal structure is controlled and regulated by the amount of hydrocarbons in the stratosphere, which act as absorbers and coolants from the UV to the far-IR spectral range,...
Saturn’s axial tilt of 26.7° produces seasons in a similar way as on Earth. Both the stratospheric temperature and composition are affected by this latitudinally varying insolation along Saturn’s orbital path. A new time-dependent 2D photochemical model is presented to study the seasonal evolution of Saturn’s stratospheric composition. This study focuses on the impact of the seasonally variable thermal...
Argon is one of the few known constituents of the lunar exosphere. The surface-based mass spectrometer Lunar Atmosphere Composition Experiment (LACE) deployed during the Apollo 17 mission first detected argon, and its study is among the subjects of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) and Lunar Atmospheric and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission investigations...
The Texas Echelon cross Echelle Spectrograph (TEXES), mounted on NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF), was used to map mid-infrared ammonia absorption features on both Jupiter and Saturn in February 2013. Ammonia is the principle reservoir of nitrogen on the giant planets, and the ratio of isotopologues (15N/14N) can reveal insights into the molecular carrier (e.g., as N 2 or NH 3...
Acetylene (C 2 H 2 ) and ethane (C 2 H 6 ) are by-products of complex photochemistry in the stratosphere of Saturn. Both hydrocarbons are important to the thermal balance of Saturn’s stratosphere and serve as tracers of vertical motion in the lower stratosphere. Earlier studies of Saturn’s hydrocarbons using Cassini-CIRS observations have provided only a snapshot of...
Ever since the Viking mass spectrometer failed to detect organics on the surface of Mars in 1976 (Biemann et al., 1976), hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) has been suggested as a possible oxidizer of the Martian surface (Oyama and Berdahl, 1977). However, the search for H 2 O 2 on Mars was unsuccessful for three decades. In 2003, hydrogen peroxide was finally detected using...
Infrared observations obtained in 1999–2000 with the Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS/BEAR) instrument at the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) are used to infer the jovian wind velocity in the north pole auroral region. The measured Doppler shifts of the H 2 and H3+ lines near 2.1μm are used to derive the ion and neutral wind velocities in Jupiter’s high latitude thermosphere. We find...
New maps of martian water vapor and hydrogen peroxide have been obtained in November–December 2005, using the Texas Echelon Cross Echelle Spectrograph (TEXES) at the NASA Infra Red Telescope facility (IRTF) at Mauna Kea Observatory. The solar longitude Ls was 332° (end of southern summer). Data have been obtained at 1235–1243 cm −1 , with a spectral resolution of 0.016 cm −1 (R=8×104)...
Hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) has been suggested as a possible oxidizer of the martian surface. Photochemical models predict a mean column density in the range of 10 15 -10 16 cm -2 . However, a stringent upper limit of the H 2 O 2 abundance on Mars (9x10 14 cm -2 ) was derived in February 2001 from ground-based...
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