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SUBMITTER: Stallard TS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5439487 | biostudies-other | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Stallard Tom S TS Melin Henrik H Miller Steve S Moore Luke L O'Donoghue James J Connerney John E P JEP Satoh Takehiko T West Robert A RA Thayer Jeffrey P JP Hsu Vicki W VW Johnson Rosie E RE
Geophysical research letters 20170410 7
Past observations and modeling of Jupiter's thermosphere have, due to their limited resolution, suggested that heat generated by the aurora near the poles results in a smooth thermal gradient away from these aurorae, indicating a quiescent and diffuse flow of energy within the subauroral thermosphere. Here we discuss Very Large Telescope-Cryogenic High-Resolution IR Echelle Spectrometer observations that reveal a small-scale localized cooling of ~200 K within the nonauroral thermosphere. Using I ...[more]