title: Earth-Based Observations of the Galileo Probe Entry Site
abstract: Earth-based observations of Jupiter indicate that the Galileo probe probably entered Jupiter's atmosphere just inside a region that has less cloud cover and drier conditions than more than 99 percent of the rest of the planet. The visual appearance of the clouds at the site was generally dark at longer wavelengths. The tropospheric and stratospheric temperature fields have a strong longitudinal wave structure that is expected to manifest itself in the vertical temperature profile.
authors.affiliation: G. Orton, J. Friedson, T. Martin, P. Yanamandra-Fisher, Mail Stop 169-237, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109; J. L. Ortiz, Mail Stop 169-237, JPL, and Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, CSIC, P.O. Box 3004, 18080 Granada, Spain; K. Baines, Mail Stop 183-601, JPL; G. Bjoraker, D. Deming, D. Jennings, G. McCabe, P. Sada, Code 693, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771; U. Carsenty, DLR Institute for Planetary Exploration, Rudower Chaussee 5, D-12489 Berlin, Germany; F. Colas, Bureau des Longitudes, 75015 Paris, France; A. Dayal and W. Hoffmann, Stewart Observatory, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721; P. Drossart and J. Lecacheux, DESPA, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, 92195 Meudon Cedex, France; E. Frappa and P. Laques, Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees, 65200 Bagneres de Bigorre, France; J. Goguen, Mail Stop 183-501, JPL; W. Golisch, D. Griep, C. Kaminski, J. Hora, Institute for Astronomy, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822; C. Hernandez, 9430 S.W. 29 Terrace, Miami, FL 33165; J. Kuhn, H. Lin, J. Varsik, National Solar Observatory, Sunspot, NM 88349; S. Limaye, Space Science and Engineering Center, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706; T. Momary, 3806 Geology Building, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1567; D. Parker, 12911 Lerida Street, Coral Gables, FL 33156; R. Puetter, CASS, Univ. of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0111; M. Ressler, Mail Stop 169-506, JPL; G. Reyes, Mail Stop 300-329, JPL; J. Spencer, Lowell Observatory, 1400 Mars Hill Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001; J. Spitale and S. Stewart, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, 170-20, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125; J. Warell, Uppsala Astronomical Observatory, Box 515, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden; W. Wild, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637; G. Fazio, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138; L. Deutsch, Five College Astronomy Department, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003.
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