Alkali Metallicity, Mineral Clouds, and Deep Atmospheric Variability on Jupiter

arXiv:2608.06600 · astro-ph.EP, physics.ao-ph · Submitted 2026-08-06 · Read on arXiv

Xi Zhang, Jiheng Hu, Cheng Li, Quentin Williams

astro-ph.EP, physics.ao-ph

Submitted: 2026-08-06

Updated: 2026-08-10

Comments: 29 pages, 13 figures, 1 table

Journal ref: The Astrophysical Journal 1001, 14 (2026)

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae4b33

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Abundance — 53× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Metallicity — 26× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Calibration — 2× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Equation of State (EoS) — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Forward modeling — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Momentum transfer — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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