Search Results - "Blamont, J. E."

European Venus Explorer: An in-situ mission to Venus using a balloon platform by Chassefière, E., Korablev, O., Imamura, T., Baines, K.H., Wilson, C.F., Titov, D.V., Aplin, K.L., Balint, T., Blamont, J.E., Cochrane, C.G., Ferencz, Cs, Ferri, F., Gerasimov, M., Leitner, J.J., Lopez-Moreno, J., Marty, B., Martynov, M., Pogrebenko, S.V., Rodin, A., Whiteway, J.A., Zasova, L.V.

“…Planetary balloons have a long history already. A small super-pressure balloon was flown in the atmosphere of Venus in the eighties by the Russian-French VEGA…”
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Ultraviolet Spectrometer Observations of Neptune and Triton by Broadfoot, A. L., Atreya, S. K., Bertaux, J. L., Blamont, J. E., Dessler, A. J., Donahue, T. M., Forrester, W. T., Hall, D. T., Herbert, F., Holberg, J. B., Hunten, D. M., Krasnopolsky, V. A., Linick, S., Lunine, J. I., McConnell, J. C., Moos, H. W., Sandel, B. R., Schneider, N. M., Shemansky, D. E., Smith, G. R., Strobel, D. F., Yelle, R. V.

“…Results from the occultation of the sun by Neptune imply a temperature of 750 $\pm $ 150 kelvins in the upper levels of the atmosphere (composed mostly of…”
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Ultraviolet Spectrometer Observations of Uranus by Broadfoot, A. L., Herbert, F., Holberg, J. B., Hunten, D. M., Kumar, S., Sandel, B. R., Shemansky, D. E., Smith, G. R., Yelle, R. V., Strobel, D. F., Moos, H. W., Donahue, T. M., Atreya, S. K., Bertaux, J. L., Blamont, J. E., McConnell, J. C., Dessler, A. J., Linick, S., Springer, R.

“…Data from solar and stellar occultations of Uranus indicate a temperature of about 750 kelvins in the upper levels of the atmosphere (composed mostly of atomic…”
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The Vega Venus Balloon Experiment by Sagdeev, R. Z., Linkin, V. M., Blamont, J. E., Preston, R. A.

“…In June 1985, two instrumented balloons were placed in the atmosphere of Venus as part of the VEGA mission. Each balloon traveled about 30 percent of the way…”
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Extreme Ultraviolet Observations from Voyager 1 Encounter with Saturn by Broadfoot, A. L., Sandel, B. R., Shemansky, D. E., Holberg, J. B., Smith, G. R., Strobel, D. F., McConnell, J. C., Kumar, S., Hunten, D. M., Atreya, S. K., Donahue, T. M., Moos, H. W., Bertaux, J. L., Blamont, J. E., Pomphrey, R. B., Linick, S.

“…The global hydrogen Lyman α, helium (584 angstroms), and molecular hydrogen band emissions from Saturn are qualitatively similar to those of Jupiter, but the…”
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Extreme Ultraviolet Observations from Voyager 1 Encounter with Jupiter by Broadfoot, A. L., Belton, M. J. S., Takacs, P. Z., Sandel, B. R., Shemansky, D. E., Holberg, J. B., Ajello, J. M., Atreya, S. K., Donahue, T. M., Moos, H. W., Bertaux, J. L., Blamont, J. E., Strobel, D. F., McConnell, J. C., Dalgarno, A., Goody, R., McElroy, M. B.

“…Observations of the optical extreme ultraviolet spectrum of the Jupiter planetary system during the Voyager 1 encounter have revealed previously undetected…”
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Overview of VEGA Venus Balloon in Situ Meteorological Measurements by Sagdeev, R. Z., Linkin, V. M., Kerzhanovich, V. V., Lipatov, A. N., Shurupov, A. A., Blamont, J. E., Crisp, D., Ingersoll, A. P., Elson, L. S., Preston, R. A., Hildebrand, C. E., Ragent, B., Seiff, A., Young, R. E., Petit, G., Boloh, L., Yu. N. Alexandrov, Armand, N. A., Bakitko, R. V., Selivanov, A. S.

“…The VEGA balloons made in situ measurements of pressure, temperature, vertical wind velocity, ambient light, frequency of lightning, and cloud particle…”
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Implications of the VEGA Balloon Results for Venus Atmospheric Dynamics by Blamont, J. E., Young, R. E., Seiff, A., Ragent, B., Sagdeev, R., Linkin, V. M., Kerzhanovich, V. V., Ingersoll, A. P., Crisp, D., Elson, L. S., Preston, R. A., Golitsyn, G. S., Ivanov, V. N.

“…Both VEGA balloons encountered vertical winds with typical velocities of 1 to 2 meters per second. These values are consistent with those estimated from mixing…”
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Vertical profiles of dust and ozone in the martian atmosphere deduced from solar occultation measurements by Blamont, J. E, Chassefiere, E, Goutail, J. P, Mege, B, Nunes-Pinharanda, M, Souchon, G, Krasnopolsky, V. A, Kryskot, A. A, Moroz, V. I

“…A research experiment conducted aboard the Phobos 2 spacecraft discovered that relatively large numbers of solid dust particles in the martian atmosphere open…”
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European Venus Explorer (EVE): an in-situ mission to Venus by Chassefière, E., Korablev, O., Imamura, T., Baines, K. H., Wilson, C. F., Titov, D. V., Aplin, K. L., Balint, T., Blamont, J. E., Cochrane, C. G., Ferencz, Cs, Ferri, F., Gerasimov, M., Leitner, J. J., Lopez-Moreno, J., Marty, B., Martynov, M., Pogrebenko, S. V., Rodin, A., Whiteway, J. A., Zasova, L. V., Michaud, J., Bertrand, R., Charbonnier, J.-M., Carbonne, D., Raizonville, P.

“…The European Venus Explorer (EVE) mission was proposed to the European Space Agency in 2007, as an M-class mission under the Cosmic Vision Programme. Although…”
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VEGA Balloon Dynamics and Vertical Winds in the Venus Middle Cloud Region by Linkin, V. M., Kerzhanovich, V. V., Lipatov, A. N., Pichkadze, K. M., Shurupov, A. A., Terterashvili, A. V., Ingersoll, A. P., Crisp, D., Grossman, A. W., Young, R. E., Seiff, A., Ragent, B., Blamont, J. E., Elson, L. S., Preston, R. A.

“…The VEGA balloons provided a long-term record of vertical wind fluctuations in a planetary atmosphere other than Earth's. The vertical winds were calculated…”
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Extreme Ultraviolet Observations from Voyager 2 Encounter with Jupiter by Sandel, B. R., Shemansky, D. E., Broadfoot, A. L., Bertaux, J. L., Blamont, J. E., Belton, M. J. S., Ajello, J. M., Holberg, J. B., Atreya, S. K., Donahue, T. M., Moos, H. W., Strobel, D. F., McConnell, J. C., Dalgarno, A., Goody, R., McElroy, M. B., Takacs, P. Z.

“…Extreme ultraviolet spectral observations of the Jovian planetary system made during the Voyager 2 encounter have extended our knowledge of many of the…”
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VEGA Balloon System and Instrumentation by Kremnev, R. S., Linkin, V. M., Lipatov, A. N., Pichkadze, K. M., Shurupov, A. A., Terterashvili, A. V., Bakitko, R. V., Blamont, J. E., Malique, C., Ragent, B., Preston, R. A., Elson, L. S., Crisp, D.

“…The VEGA Venus balloon radio transmissions received on Earth were used to measure the motion of the balloons and to obtain the data recorded by onboard sensors…”
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Thermal Structure of the Venus Atmosphere in the Middle Cloud Layer by Linkin, V. M., Kerzhanovich, V. V., Lipatov, A. N., Shurupov, A. A., Seiff, A., Ragent, B., Young, R. E., Ingersoll, A. P., Crisp, D., Elson, L. S., Preston, R. A., Blamont, J. E.

“…Thermal structure measurements obtained by the two VEGA balloons show the Venus middle cloud layer to be generally adiabatic. Temperatures measured by the two…”
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Vertical profile of stratospheric ozone by lidar sounding from the ground by MÉGIE, G, ALLAIN, J. Y, CHANIN, M. L, BLAMONT, J. E

“…The laser experimental setup for measuring stratospheric ozone in the altitude range 18-25 km by a differential absorption technique at the Haute-Provence…”
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Solar occultation spectroscopic measurements of the martian atmosphere at 1.9 and 3.7 μm by Krasnopoisky, V. A, Moroz, V. I, Krysko, A. A, Korablev, O. I, Zhegulev, V. S, Grigoriev, A. V, Tkachuk, A. Yu, Parshev, V. A, Blamont, J. E, Goutail, J. P

“…WE present solar occultation measurements, taken from Phobos 2, of the H2O and CO2 bands at 1.9 μm and of the dust absorption at 1.9 and 3.7 μin. From these,…”
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Determination of Venus Winds by Ground-based Radio Tracking of the VEGA Balloons by Preston, R. A., Hildebrand, C. E., Purcell, G. H., Ellis, J., Stelzried, C. T., Finley, S. G., Sagdeev, R. Z., Linkin, V. M., Kerzhanovich, V. V., Altunin, V. I., Kogan, L. R., Kostenko, V. I., Matveenko, L. I., Pogrebenko, S. V., Strukov, I. A., Akim, E. L., Yu. N. Alexandrov, Armand, N. A., Bakitko, R. N., Vyshlov, A. S., Bogomolov, A. F., Yu. N. Gorchankov, Selivanov, A. S., Ivanov, N. M., Tichonov, V. F., Blamont, J. E., Boloh, L., Laurans, G., Boischot, A., Biraud, F., Ortega-Molina, A., Rosolen, C., Petit, G.

“…A global array of 20 radio observatories was used to measure the three-dimensional position and velocity of the two meteorological balloons that were injected…”
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Possible evidence for penetration of interstellar dust into the Solar System by Blamont, J. E, Bertaux, J. L

“…Because of the motion of the Sun through the surrounding interstellar medium, interstellar dust particles may penetrate deep into the solar system. In this…”
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Temperature measurement of interplanetary-interstellar hydrogen by BERTAUX, J. L, BLAMONT, J. E, MIRONOVA, E. N, KURT, V. G, BOURGIN, M. C

“…Results obtained with a Ly-alpha photometer aboard the Prognoz-5 spacecraft are used to measure the temperature of interplanetary-interstellar hydrogen. A…”
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Composition of comet Halley dust particles from Vega observations by Kissel, J, Sagdeev, R. Z, Bertaux, J. L, Angarov, V. N, Audouze, J, Blamont, J. E, Büchler, K, Evlanov, E. N, Fechtig, H, Fomenkova, M. N, von Hoerner, H, Inogamov, N. A, Khromov, V. N, Knabe, W, Krueger, F. R, Langevin, Y, Leonas, V. B, Levasseur-Regourd, A. C, Managadze, G. G, Podkolzin, S. N, Shapiro, V. D, Tabaldyev, S. R, Zubkov, B. V

“…The first direct measurements of the physical and chemical properties of cometary dust, obtained by the dust impact mass analyzer aboard Vega 1 and 2 studying…”
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