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Processes of auroral thermal structure at Jupiter: Analysis of multispectral temperature observations with the Jupiter Thermosphere General Circulation Model

Waite, J. H.; Gladstone, G. R.; Bougher, S. W. +1 more

We use our three-dimensional Jupiter Thermosphere General Circulation Model (JTGCM) to quantify thermal processes that take place in the auroral thermosphere. These processes tend to control the thermal budget in the Jovian ovals and polar caps and maintain thermospheric temperatures consistent with those derived from multispectral observations of…