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Ortiz et al. 1995
Ortiz, J.L., Muñoz, O., Moreno, F., Molina, A., Herbst, T.M., Birkle, K., Böhnhardt, H. and Hamilton, D.P. (1995). Models of the SL-9 collision-generated hazes. Geophysical Research Letters 22: doi: 10.1029/95GL01012. issn: 0094-8276.

From subarcsec-seeing infrared images and spectra in the K and H bands, we present reflectivities and limb-darkening results for two of the hazy regions generated during the SL-9 collision. These highly reflective impact areas at infrared methane wavelengths have been studied in terms of multiple scattering radiative models. The results for both the H and D/G impact remnants show that a considerable amount of particles have been injected in Jovian stratospheric levels from ~1 mbar to the upper level of the assumed Jovian tropospheric NH3 ice haze (at ~350 mbar). Our models suggest a concentration of small particles, with mean radius of 0.15 &mgr;m for a real refractive index of 1.7. The imaginary refractive indices are in the range 1¿10-4 to 1¿10-3. For the H impact region, absorption at 2.0 &mgr;m is enhanced compared to unperturbed regions at the same scattering geometry. This enhancement is not observed in the older D/G complex. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1995

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Planetology, Comets and Small Bodies, Impact phenomena
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