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Acknowledgements

The contributions of T.F. to this work were made while he was at AOP, Oxford University. We thank M. H. Elliott, J. S. Tingley, F. Carroll and M. E. Segura for assistance with instrument commanding and data processing; P. J. Schinder for computing the pointing geometry files for the CIRS observations during the Jupiter swing-by; and D. L. Matson for suggestions.

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  1. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 693, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA
    F. M. Flasar, A. A. Simon-Miller, P. N. Romani, G. L. Bjoraker, J. C. Brasunas, D. E. Jennings, J. C. Pearl & M. D. Smith
  2. Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, USA
    V. G. Kunde, C. A. Nixon & R. E. Samuelson
  3. Science Systems and Applications, Inc., 5900 Princess Garden Parkway, Suite 300, Lanham, Maryland, 20706, USA
    R. K. Achterberg & R. Carlson
  4. Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
    B. J. Conrath & P. J. Gierasch
  5. LESIA, CNRS-FRE 2461, Observatoire de Paris, 5 place Jules Janssen, F-91925, Meudon Cedex, France
    B. Bézard, A. Barucci, R. Courtin, A. Coustenis, D. Gautier, E. Lellouch, A. Marten, R. Prangé, Y. Biraud & T. Fouchet
  6. Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Planetary Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Rd, OX1 3PU, Oxford, UK
    P. Irwin, S. B. Calcutt, P. L. Read, F. W. Taylor & P. Parrish
  7. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California, 91109, USA
    G. S. Orton & L. J. Spilker
  8. CEA Saclay, Service d'Astrophysique, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
    C. Ferrari
  9. University of Hawaii, Institute of Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822, USA
    T. C. Owen
  10. NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, SD50 NSSTC, Huntsville, Alabama, 35812, USA
    M. M. Abbas
  11. LISA, Université de Paris 7 & 12, CNRS – UMR 7583, 61 Ave. General de Gaulle, 94010, Creteil Cedex, France
    F. Raulin
  12. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Cardiff, 5 The Parade, CF24 3YB, Cardiff, UK
    P. Ade
  13. European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-strasse 2, 85748, Garching bei Muenchen, Germany
    C. J. Césarsky
  14. Gesamthochschule Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Gausstrasse 20, 5600 1, Wuppertal, Germany
    K. U. Grossman
  15. Instituto di Astrofisica Spaziale – CNR, Area della recerca di Tor Vergata, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, Rome, I-00133, Italy
    A. Coradini

Authors

  1. F. M. Flasar
  2. V. G. Kunde
  3. R. K. Achterberg
  4. B. J. Conrath
  5. A. A. Simon-Miller
  6. C. A. Nixon
  7. P. J. Gierasch
  8. P. N. Romani
  9. B. Bézard
  10. P. Irwin
  11. G. L. Bjoraker
  12. J. C. Brasunas
  13. D. E. Jennings
  14. J. C. Pearl
  15. M. D. Smith
  16. G. S. Orton
  17. L. J. Spilker
  18. R. Carlson
  19. S. B. Calcutt
  20. P. L. Read
  21. F. W. Taylor
  22. P. Parrish
  23. A. Barucci
  24. R. Courtin
  25. A. Coustenis
  26. D. Gautier
  27. E. Lellouch
  28. A. Marten
  29. R. Prangé
  30. Y. Biraud
  31. T. Fouchet
  32. C. Ferrari
  33. T. C. Owen
  34. M. M. Abbas
  35. R. E. Samuelson
  36. F. Raulin
  37. P. Ade
  38. C. J. Césarsky
  39. K. U. Grossman
  40. A. Coradini

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Flasar, F., Kunde, V., Achterberg, R. et al. An intense stratospheric jet on Jupiter.Nature 427, 132–135 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02142

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