Table 2 Sensitivity cases for CIRS retrieval and cooling rate calculation.

From: Aerosol influence on energy balance of the middle atmosphere of Jupiter

Case

k values in the mid-infrared

χ2/N (600–850 cm−1)

χ2/N (1,225–1,325 cm−1)

Colour

C1

Pure gas, no aerosol

0.544

1.094

Red

C2

Titan tholin experiment26

0.543

1.042

Blue

C3

Titan CIRS observations27

0.541

1.090

Orange

C4 (Nominal)

C2 values divided by 2

0.543

1.051

Green

C5

Five times of C2 values

0.607

1.964

Brown

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