Fig. 4: Comparison of sub- and supersolar oxygen enrichment cases using the updated CO/CH4 interconversion timescale. | Nature Astronomy

Fig. 4: Comparison of sub- and supersolar oxygen enrichment cases using the updated CO/CH4 interconversion timescale.

From: A supersolar oxygen abundance supported by hydrodynamic modelling of Jupiter’s atmosphere

Fig. 4

Left: time evolution of the horizontally averaged CO mole fraction for ×0.3 solar oxygen enrichment with the updated timescale from our 1D model, assuming a deep eddy mixing of 1 × 108 cm2 s−1. Right: same as left but for ×2.5 solar enrichment. The supersolar enrichment reaches the measured value of the CO mole fraction (marked by the grey triangles) using the modified interconversion timescale for CO/CH4. The dashed lines show the mean value in time for each case.

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