Investigation of Saturn's atmosphere by Cassini

This paper considers the rationale for the exploration of Saturn's atmosphe re by the Cassini mission, taking account of the key scientific questions p osed by the earlier investigation by Voyager, and the capabilities of the i nstrumentation making up the Cassini payload. While by no means all objecti ves can be addressed by this particular configuration, in particular withou t a Saturn entry probe, if everything goes according to plan important prog ress should be possible on a number of key objectives. (C) 1998 Elsevier Sc ience Ltd. All rights reserved.