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在木星的水云中产生闪电
S Gibbard1, E H Levy, J I Lunine
1Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA.
Nature
|December 7, 1995
概括
只有木星,木星,木星才能做到这一点.
科学领域:
- 行星科学 行星科学
- 大气科学 大气科学
- 等离子体物理学的物理学
背景情况:
- 在地球上观察到闪电,并推断到其他行星,包括木星.
- 木星闪电可能驱动大气中的化学反应,影响分子丰度.
- 木星水云中的闪电生成机制与地球的雷暴类似.
研究的目的:
- 为了模拟木星大气层中闪电的发展.
- 为了研究木星水云中沉的冰颗粒中的电荷分离.
- 为了确定木星上发电所必需的条件.
主要方法:
- 电荷分离的大气模型.
- 模拟各种大气深度下降的冰颗粒.
- 在木星水云中分析闪电生成机制.
主要成果:
- 雷电可以在木星的水云中产生.
- 闪电最有可能发生在3至4巴的压力水平.
- 对于木星闪电来说,至少需要1~2g m-3的凝结水量.
结论:
- 这项研究证实了木星水云中闪电的可能性.
- 这些发现与旅行者图像分析的先前估计一致.
- 预测的水量丰富性为利略探测器任务提供了可测试的假设.
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