The ionosphere of Saturn as observed by the Cassini Radio Science System

被引：17

作者：

Kliore, Arvydas J. ^{[1
]}

Nagy, Andrew ^{[2
]}

Asmar, Sami ^{[1
]}

Anabtawi, Aseel ^{[1
]}

Barbinis, Elias ^{[1
]}

Fleischman, Don ^{[1
]}

Kahan, Danny ^{[1
]}

Klose, John ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

[2] Univ Michigan, Dept Atmospher Ocean & Space Sci, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 2014年 / 41卷 / 16期

关键词：

Saturn; ionosphere; Cassini; Radio Science; ELECTRON-DENSITY; MODEL; OCCULTATION; ATMOSPHERE;

D O I：

10.1002/2014GL060512

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

Fifty-nine ionsopheric radio occultation observations of the vertical electron density profile in the Saturn ionosphere have been made since the Cassini spacecraft was inserted in orbit around Saturn in 2004. Significant orbit to orbit variations were observed, but the general trend noted in earlier orbits, namely, increasing electron densities with increasing latitude was reconfirmed and bolstered with this extended data base. This trend is likely to be due to some combination of increasing ionization rates and decreasing water influx with latitude.

引用

页码：5778 / 5782

页数：5

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