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Sep 1996
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American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #28, #21.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 28, p.1134
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The chemical and isotopic composition of the Jovian atmosphere was measured by the Galileo Probe Mass Spectrometer (GPMS). This data was obtained on December 7, 1995 over a time period of approximately 1 hour during the probe descent in the 0.5 to 20 bar pressure region and transmitted to Earth over a period of several weeks. The sampling was either of atmospheric gases directly introduced into the ion source of the mass spectrometer through one of 2 capillary leak arrays or of gas which had been processed in enrichment cells to enhance the sensitivity of the measurement to trace species or heavy noble gases. Mixing ratios or limits were previously reported [Niemann et al., 1996] for atmospheric hydrogen, helium, methane, water, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon. Ratios for isotopes of He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, C, and H were also obtained. Additional molecules detected at the present stage of analysis include ethane, ethylene, propane, and hydrogen chloride as well as benzene and carbon/nitrogen compounds. The GPMS Flight Unit was not calibrated for some of these molecules and laboratory studies continue on an Engineering Unit. A substantial increase was observed in the mixing ratio of water, hydrogen sulfide, ethane and other species with increasing depth into the atmosphere over the 8 bar to 23 bar pressure regime. It has been suggested [Atreya et al., 1996] that the lower than expected abundance of many species in the early part of the descent and the observed increase with depth may be the signature of a large downdraft. H. B. Niemann et al., Science 272, 781 (1996). S. K. Atreya et al., Paper presented at the European Geophysical Society Meeting, The Hague, Netherlands, May 6, 1996, EGS Bull. 58, 197 (1996).
Atreya Sushil K.
Carignan George R.
Donahue Thomas M.
Haberman John A.
Harpold Dan N.
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