Millimeter and Submillimeter Investigations of Planetary Atmospheres at OVRO

OVRO 行星大气的毫米级和亚毫米级研究

• 批准号: 9529511
• 负责人: Duane Muhleman
• 金额: $ 17.04万
• 依托单位: California Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-07-15 至 2001-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9529511&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Millimeter; Submillimeter; Investigations; Planetary; Atmospheres

95-29511 Muhleman Dr. Muhleman will carry out a 3-year project of millimeter and submillimeter wavelength observations of planetary atmospheres. The observatory for this work will be the Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) of the California Institute of Technology. The principal instrument to be used will be the OVRO 6-Element Millimeter Wavelength Array. This work constitutes a continuation of research that the Principal Investigator carried out previously with NSF Grant AST 93-21602. By focusing on a range of simple molecules (such as water, oxygen, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen cyanide) as trace species, Dr. Muhleman will investigate the temperature, pressure, winds, and chemical structures of the atmospheres of Venus, Mars, Neptune, Titan, and Io. The spatial resolution of the observations will be one arc second. The PI expects to add asteroid observations in the near future to the bodies to be investigated. ***

95-29511穆尔曼博士将对行星大气进行为期3年的毫米和亚毫米波长观测。这项工作的天文台将是加州理工学院欧文斯山谷射电天文台(OVRO)。将使用的主要仪器是OVRO 6单元毫米波长阵列。这项工作构成了首席调查员先前与国家科学基金会赠款AST93-21602进行的研究的继续。通过将一系列简单分子(如水、氧气、一氧化碳和氰化氢)作为示踪物种，Muhleman博士将研究金星、火星、海王星、泰坦和木卫一大气的温度、压力、风和化学结构。观测的空间分辨率将是1角秒。PI预计在不久的将来将小行星观测添加到待调查的天体中。***