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TY - JOUR
T1 - Future Missions to the Giant Planets that Can Advance Atmospheric Science Objectives
T2 - Space Science Reviews
AU - Hofstadter, M.D.
AU - Fletcher, L.N.
AU - Simon, A.A.
AU - Masters, A.
AU - Turrini, D.
AU - Arridge, C.S.
N1 - The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00710-w
PY - 2020/7/8
Y1 - 2020/7/8
N2 - Other papers in this special issue have discussed the diversity of planetary atmospheres and some of the key science questions for giant planet atmospheres to be addressed in the future. There are crucial measurements that can only be made by orbiters of giant planets and probes dropped into their atmospheres. To help the community be more effective developers of missions and users of data products, we summarize how NASA and ESA categorize their planetary space missions, and the restrictions and requirements placed on each category. We then discuss the atmospheric goals to be addressed by currently approved giant-planet missions as well as missions likely to be considered in the next few years, such as a joint NASA/ESA Ice Giant orbiter with atmospheric probe. Our focus is on interplanetary spacecraft, but we acknowledge the crucial role to be played by ground-based and near-Earth telescopes, as well as theoretical and laboratory work. © 2020, Springer Nature B.V.
AB - Other papers in this special issue have discussed the diversity of planetary atmospheres and some of the key science questions for giant planet atmospheres to be addressed in the future. There are crucial measurements that can only be made by orbiters of giant planets and probes dropped into their atmospheres. To help the community be more effective developers of missions and users of data products, we summarize how NASA and ESA categorize their planetary space missions, and the restrictions and requirements placed on each category. We then discuss the atmospheric goals to be addressed by currently approved giant-planet missions as well as missions likely to be considered in the next few years, such as a joint NASA/ESA Ice Giant orbiter with atmospheric probe. Our focus is on interplanetary spacecraft, but we acknowledge the crucial role to be played by ground-based and near-Earth telescopes, as well as theoretical and laboratory work. © 2020, Springer Nature B.V.
KW - Atmospheres
KW - Gas Giants
KW - Giant planets
KW - Ice Giants
KW - Missions
KW - Spacecraft
KW - Interplanetary flight
KW - Interplanetary spacecraft
KW - NASA
KW - Planets
KW - Probes
KW - Atmospheric science
KW - Data products
KW - Future mission
KW - Ground based
KW - Laboratory work
KW - Planetary atmosphere
KW - Planetary space missions
KW - Orbits
U2 - 10.1007/s11214-020-00710-w
DO - 10.1007/s11214-020-00710-w
M3 - Journal article
VL - 216
JO - Space Weather
JF - Space Weather
SN - 0038-6308
IS - 5
M1 - 91
ER -