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Voyager radio occultation investigations at saturn
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Eshleman, V. R. Tyler, G. L. |
| Copyright Year | 1978 |
| Description | Voyager will use dual-frequency 3.5 and 13 cm wavelength radio occultation techniques to study the atmospheres and ionospheres of Saturn and Titan, and the rings of Saturn. At Titan radio occultation is predicted to probe the atmosphere to the surface. The existence of a surface could be confirmed by detection of an obliquely scattered echo. At Saturn the two Voyager encounters will provide occultation measurements of temperate and equatorial regions of the atmosphere and ionosphere, and of the rings. The atmosphere will also be probed in polar regions during the deepest portions of the occultation. Both frequency and intensity data will be collected and jointly analyzed to study temperature-pressure profiles, and to derive information on atmospheric shape, turbulence, and weather. For the rings, Voyager will provide measurements of the complex (amplitude and phase) radio extinction and angular scattering functions of the ring particles as a function of wavelength, polarization, and radial distance from Saturn. |
| File Size | 650559 |
| Page Count | 14 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19790008607 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3033ng2w |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1978-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Exploration Planetary Atmospheres Radio Occultation Planetary Ionospheres Voyager Project Natural Satellites Mission Planning Saturn Rings Titan Planetary Surfaces Saturn Atmosphere Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
