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HSWT#29, Florence February 28, 2005 DWE: Initial Results Michael Bird (Radiostronomisches Institut, Universität Bonn) And the DWE Team
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28 February 20052HSWT#29, Florence DWE data: Huygens Mission 6 hours3.67 hours f f df/dt Channel A Channel B
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28 February 20053HSWT#29, Florence No power!
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28 February 20054HSWT#29, Florence DWE from Earth: Geometry Huygens antenna pointed only ~30° from Earth Better SNR than for Galileo Probe detection at Jupiter Probe velocity projection in direction to Earth nearly antiparallel to projection in direction to Orbiter
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28 February 20055HSWT#29, Florence GBT Parkes
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28 February 20056HSWT#29, Florence Huygens Radio Tracking Net 10:18 UTC-GRT12:30 UTC-GRT
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28 February 20057HSWT#29, Florence GRT GBT Huygens! (~ -171 dBm) Flux density: 125 Jy
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28 February 20058HSWT#29, Florence GBT Detection
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28 February 20059HSWT#29, Florence Watching Huygens from JPL
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28 February 200510HSWT#29, Florence Huygens Frequency: GBT + Parkes
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28 February 200511HSWT#29, Florence Huygens Frequency: GBT + predicts
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28 February 200512HSWT#29, Florence Huygens Frequency: Parkes + Predicts predicted impact
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28 February 200513HSWT#29, Florence Parkes: Huygens Impact on Titan
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28 February 200514HSWT#29, Florence GBT (1) Raw Doppler (2) Only Huygens Motion (3) Huygens Descent Velocity (4) Huygens Horizontal Velocity Doppler Components
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28 February 200515HSWT#29, Florence
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28 February 200516HSWT#29, Florence Huygens Eastward Drift During Descent DWE DISR Difference Integrate wind velocity to obtain:
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28 February 200517HSWT#29, Florence
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28 February 200518HSWT#29, Florence DWE: Preliminary Results Zonal winds above boundary layer are PROGRADE Low-velocity layer between 60-80 km –Stong positive/negative wind shear –‘Unexpected’, but evident in some GCMs Considerable turbulence above 100 km Near surface winds are weak (~ 1-2 m/s)
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28 February 200519HSWT#29, Florence
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28 February 200520HSWT#29, Florence Wind Shear and Stability
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28 February 200521HSWT#29, Florence Richardson Number
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28 February 200522HSWT#29, Florence Thermal Gradients
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