The high‐resolution thermosphere‐ionosphere‐electrodynamics general circulation model has been used to investigate the response of
Decline and recovery timescales surrounding eclipse are indicative of the controlling physical processes in Io’s atmosphere. Recent studies have established that the majority of Io’s molecular atmosphere, SO2and SO, condenses during its passage through Jupiter’s shadow. The eclipse response of Io’s atomic atmosphere is less certain, having been characterized solely by ultraviolet aurorae. Here we explore the response of optical aurorae for the first time. We find oxygen to be indifferent to the changing illumination, with [O
- Award ID(s):
- 2108416
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10397515
- Publisher / Repository:
- DOI PREFIX: 10.3847
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- The Planetary Science Journal
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 2
- ISSN:
- 2632-3338
- Format(s):
- Medium: X Size: Article No. 36
- Size(s):
- Article No. 36
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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