Using images at multiple mid-infrared wavelengths, acquired in May 2018 using
the VISIR instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), we study Jupiter's
pole-to-pole thermal, chemical and aerosol structure in the troposphere and
stratosphere. We confirm that the pattern of cool and cloudy anticyclonic zones
and warm cloud-free cyclonic belts persists throughout the mid-latitudes, up to
the polar boundaries, and evidence a strong correlation with the vertical
maximum windshear and the locations of Jupiter's zonal jets. At high latitudes,
VISIR images reveal a large region of mid-infrared cooling poleward
∼64∘N and ∼67∘S extending from the upper
troposphere to the stratosphere, co-located with the reflective aerosols
observed by JunoCam, and suggesting that aerosols play a key role in the
radiative cooling at the poles. Comparison of zonal-mean thermal properties and
high-resolution visible imaging from Juno allows us to study the variability of
atmospheric properties as a function of altitude and jet boundaries,
particularly in the cold southern polar vortex. However, the southern
stratospheric polar vortex is partly masked by a warm mid-infrared signature of
the aurora. Co-located with the southern main auroral oval, this warming
results from the auroral precipitation and/or joule heating which heat the
atmosphere and thus cause a significant stratospheric emission. This high
emission results from a large enhancement of both ethane and acetylene in the
polar region, reinforcing the evidence of enhanced ion-related chemistry in
Jupiter's auroral regions