For the near-IR portion of the dataset I turn to the readily available
ARC 3.5 m telescope. The instrument of choice is clearly the Grism
Infrared Imager (GRIM II), which has sensitivity from 1-2.5 
.
This region offers the possibility of probing many different levels
since it overlaps methane bands of varying strength, as well as having
regions where no significant opacity is accumulated until the incoming
solar radiation encounters the methane cloud at 
1 bar. GRIM II allows
three imaging scales, but f/10 is necessary to fully make use of
limb-brightening.
The f/10 mode allows a
scale of 0.24
/pixel, which is similar to the maximum zoom
possible with MIRAC2.