Photometric observations of jupiter at 2400 angstroms

Science. 1979 Nov 23;206(4421):956-9. doi: 10.1126/science.206.4421.956.

Abstract

The photopolarimeter instrument on Voyager 2 was used to obtain a map of Jupiter at an effective wavelength of 2400 angstroms. Analysis of a typical north-south swath used to make this map shows strong absorption at high latitudes by a molecular or particulate constituent in the Jovian atmosphere. At 65 degrees north latitude, the absorbing constituent extends to altitudes above the 50-millibar pressure level.