Ammonia in the atmospheres of Saturn and Jupiter

• Main Authors: Smith, W. H., Macy, W., Cochran, W.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: 91; Jupiter; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19800053759

A profile and equivalent width for the 6451.1-A feature of the 6450-A band of ammonia at the equator and south pole of Saturn have been measured. Estimates for the NH3 abundance at the center of the disk which vary from 0.4 to 5 m-am, depending upon the atmospheric model used, lead to uncertainties...