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    Probe Science Instrument Layout
    The DWE Wind Profile Compared to Other Results
    Atkinson et al. JGR 103. 911-22,928, 1998












    During its descent into the upper atmosphere of Jupiter, the Galileo probe transmitted data to the orbiter for 57.5 min. Accurate measurements of the probe radio frequency, driven by an ultrastable oscillator, allowed an accurate time history of the probe motions to be reconstructed. Removal from the probe radio frequency profile of known Doppler contributions, including the orbiter trajectory, the probe descent velocity, and the rotation of Jupiter, left a measurable frequency residual due to Jupiter's zonal winds, and microdynamical motion of the probe from spin, swing under the parachute, atmospheric turbulence, and aerodynamic buffeting. From the assumption of the dominance of the zonal horizontal winds, the frequency residuals were inverted and resulted in the first in situ measurements of the vertical profile of Jupiter's deep zonal winds.

    References Helpful in Scoping the Mission


    The Doppler Wind Experiment Data


    Other Documentation


    Access to the Galileo Probe Data Volume


    Citing the data

    PDS recommendations for citing data sets can be found here.

    Atkinson, David, (1996), Galileo Probe Doppler Wind Experiment Data Archive V1.0, PDS Atmospheres (ATM) Node, https://doi.org/10.17189/3t45-mn78

    Publications - A listing of team members to facilitate literature searches.