Instrument Information
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urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:pvo.otur::1.1
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Pioneer Venus Orbiter Turbulence Experiment
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Atmospheric Structure Instrument
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| DESCRIPTION |
The Pioneer Venus Orbiter Turbulence Experiment (OTUR) used S- and X-band radio signals to measure turbulence intensity variations with altitude; planetary latitude and longitude; and atmospheric scale size distribution. It was designed to observe turbulence of scale sizes smaller than 10 km in the Venus atmosphere above 34 km for studying global patterns, and to measure ionospheric electron density variations.
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| REFERENCES |
Woo, R., et al., Solar wind interactions with the ionosphere of Venus inferred from radio scintillation measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 94, No. A2, 1473-1478, Feb. 1989.
Colin, L., Ed., and D. M. Hunten, Ed., Pioneer Venus experiment descriptions, Space Sci. Rev., 20, No. 4, 451-525, June 1977.
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