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Processes of equatorial thermal structure at Jupiter: An analysis of the Galileo temperature profile with a three-dimensional model

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

The Jupiter Thermospheric General Circulation Model (JTGCM) calculates the global dynamical structure of Jupiter's thermosphere self-consistently with its global thermal structure and composition. The main heat source that drives the thermospheric flow is high-latitude Joule heating. A secondary source of heating is the auroral process of particle…