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The wavelength-dependent aerosol extinction in the 800-1250-cm(-1) region has been derived from ATMOS (atmospheric trace molecule spectroscopy) high-spectral-resolution IR transmission measurements.
The column abundance of OH over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Table Mountain Facility (TMF) has been measured regularly since July 1997 using the Fouier-Transform Ultraviolet Spectrometer.
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A steady-state model of Io's exospheric corona and its interaction with the Io plasma torus is used to study the escape of species from Io's atmosphere. It is found that atmospheric sputtering is the major escape mechanism for models in which the plasma flow reaches the critical level, and that such models produce total mass-loading rates an order of magnitude larger than values inferred from observations. The results suggest the presence of an extended Na coronal component in the thermal exosphere, and are consistent with an O-dominated corona, an exospheric temperature of about 1000 K, an Na critical level mixing ratio of 0.001, and a critical level radius of about 1.5 Io radii.