NDLI: The Huygens Doppler Wind Experiment ' Titan Winds Derived from Probe Radio Frequency Measurements

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Author	Bird, M.K. Dutta Roy, R. Heyl, M. Allison, M. Asmar, S.W. Folkner, W.M. Preston, R.A. Atkinson, D.H. Edenhofer, P. Plettemeier, D. Wohlmuth, R. Iess, L. Tyler, G.L.
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	A Doppler Wind Experiment (DWE) will be performed during the Titan atmospheric descent of the ESA Huygens Probe. The direction and strength of Titan's zonal winds will be determined with an accuracy better than 1 m s$^{−1}$ from the start of mission at an altitude of ∼160 km down to the surface. The Probe's wind-induced horizontal motion will be derived from the residual Doppler shift of its S-band radio link to the Cassini Orbiter, corrected for all known orbit and propagation effects. It is also planned to record the frequency of the Probe signal using large ground-based antennas, thereby providing an additional component of the horizontal drift. In addition to the winds, DWE will obtain valuable information on the rotation, parachute swing and atmospheric buffeting of the Huygens Probe, as well as its position and attitude after Titan touchdown. The DWE measurement strategy relies on experimenter-supplied Ultra-Stable Oscillators to generate the transmitted signal from the Probe and to extract the frequency of the received signal on the Orbiter. Results of the first in-flight checkout, as well as the DWE Doppler calibrations conducted with simulated Huygens signals uplinked from ground (Probe Relay Tests), are described. Ongoing efforts to measure and model Titan's winds using various Earth-based techniques are briefly reviewed.
Starting Page	613
Ending Page	640
Page Count	28
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00386308
Journal	Space Science Reviews
Volume Number	104
Issue Number	1-4
e-ISSN	15729672
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2002-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Astronomy and Astrophysics Space and Planetary Science

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