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Robert C. Blanchard
Researcher at George Washington University
Publications - 65
Citations - 2248
Robert C. Blanchard is an academic researcher from George Washington University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Orbiter & Atmosphere. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 65 publications receiving 2141 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert C. Blanchard include Langley Research Center.
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Thermal structure of Jupiter's atmosphere near the edge of a 5‐μm hot spot in the north equatorial belt
Alvin Seiff,Donn B. Kirk,T. C. D. Knight,Richard E. Young,John D. Mihalov,Leslie A. Young,Frank S. Milos,Gerald Schubert,Robert C. Blanchard,David H. Atkinson +9 more
TL;DR: This article measured the thermal structure of the atmosphere of Jupiter from 1029 km above to 133 km below the 1-bar level during entry and descent of the Galileo probe and confirmed the hot exosphere observed by Voyager (∼900 K at 1 nanobar).
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Measurements of thermal structure and thermal contrasts in the atmosphere of Venus and related dynamical observations: Results From the four Pioneer Venus Probes
Alvin Seiff,Donn B. Kirk,Richard E. Young,Robert C. Blanchard,John T. Findlay,G. M. Kelly,Simon C. Sommer +6 more
TL;DR: The thermal structure of the Venus atmosphere and differences in structure with latitude (up to 60 deg) and clock hour (from midnight to 8 AM) have been measured in situ from a height of 126 km to the surface by instruments on the four Pioneer Venus entry probes as discussed by the authors.
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The structure of the upper atmosphere of mars: In situ accelerometer measurements from mars global surveyor
G. M. Keating,Stephen W. Bougher,Richard W. Zurek,R. H. Tolson,George J. Cancro,S. N. Noll,J. S. Parker,T. J. Schellenberg,R. W. Shane,B. L. Wilkerson,James R. Murphy,Jeffery L. Hollingsworth,Robert M. Haberle,Manoj Joshi,John C. Pearl,Barney J. Conrath,M. D. Smith,R. T. Clancy,Robert C. Blanchard,R. G. Wilmoth,Didier F. Rault,Torge Martin,D. T. Lyons,Pasquale Esposito,M. D. Johnston,C. W. Whetzel,C. G. Justus,J. M. Babicke +27 more
TL;DR: Throughout the MGS mission, thermospheric density bulges have been detected on opposite sides of the planet near 90 degreesE and 90 degreesW, in the vicinity of maximum terrain heights, suggesting a wave 2 pattern may be caused by topographically-forced planetary waves propagating up from the lower atmosphere.
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Mars Pathfinder Entry, Descent, and Landing Reconstruction
TL;DR: The Mars Path-Nder mission as mentioned in this paper demonstrated an innovative, low-cost, reliable method for placing a science payload on the surface of Mars and evaluated the spacecraft performance during entry, descent, and landing.
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Structure of the Atmosphere of Jupiter: Galileo Probe Measurements
Alvin Seiff,Donn B. Kirk,T. C. D. Knight,John D. Mihalov,Robert C. Blanchard,Richard E. Young,Gerald Schubert,Ulf von Zahn,Gerald A. Lehmacher,Frank S. Milos,Jerry Wang +10 more
TL;DR: Temperatures and pressures measured by the Galileo probe during parachute descent into Jupiter's atmosphere essentially followed the dry adiabat between 0.41 and 24 bars, consistent with the absence of a deep water cloud and with the low water content found by the mass spectrometer.