Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008epsc.conf..694k&link_type=abstract
European Planetary Science Congress 2008, Proceedings of the conference held 21-25 September, 2008 in Münster, Germany. Online a
Physics
Scientific paper
Since 2006 , Saturn radio occultation observations have been conducted with the Cassini spacecraft on orbits 28(5oS, 56oS), 44 (75oN, 5oN), 46 (5oS ), 47 (51oS ), 51 ( 41oS, 39oS ), 54 (18oS, 68oS ), 56 (18oS, 70oS ), 58(75oS), 68(22oN,58oS), and 70(37oN,68oS). These occultations provided data on the structure of the ionosphere and atmosphere at mid- and high latitudes, away from the influence of the rings. As expected, the vertical extent of the ionosphere at higher latitudes is much greater, reaching 10,000 km above the 1 bar level. However, at similar latitudes, solar illumination conditions, rather than dawn- and dusk situation appears to be dominant. In the neutral atmosphere, observations of the Temperature-pressure profiles, and absorptivity at S-band (13.5 cm), X0band (3.7 cm), and Ka-band (1xm) wavelengths were also obtained, enabling their variability with latitude to be determined.
Flasar Michael F.
Kliore Arvydas J.
Marouf Essam A.
Nagy Andrew F.
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