Descent motions of the Huygens probe as measured by the Surface Science Package (SSP): Turbulent evidence for a cloud layer

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1936-1948

  Lorenz, Ralph D ^a,b   Zarnecki, John C ^b   Towner, Martin C ^b   Leese, Mark R ^b   Ball, Andrew J ^b   Hathi, Brijen ^b   Hagermann, Axel ^b   Ghafoor, Nadeem A L ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MDA Consulting Limited Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Space vehicles; Titan; Turbulence; Winds

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLOUDS; MOTION ESTIMATION; SATELLITES; SENSORS; WIND;

AERODYNAMIC BUFFETING; SPACE VEHICLES; TITAN; TURBULENT FLUCTUATIONS;

SPACE PROBES;

EID: 35348871912     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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