Sulfur dioxide and other cloud-related gases as the source of the microwave opacity of the middle atmosphere of Venus
Journal Article
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· Icarus; (United States)
Spacecraft radio occultation measurements imply the presence of a nonuniformly mixed gaseous absorber within, but mostly below, the main cloud layer of sulfuric acid-water droplets measured by Pioneer-Venus. Preliminary considerations of the amount, distribution, and effects of sulfur dioxide and other gases, which apparently are associated with and produce the cloud, indicate that they constitute an important, and probably the predominant, source of the observed microwave opacity of the middle atmosphere of Venus.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA
- OSTI ID:
- 5671760
- Journal Information:
- Icarus; (United States), Journal Name: Icarus; (United States) Vol. 46; ISSN ICRSA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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640107* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Planetary Phenomena
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ABSORPTIVITY
ATMOSPHERES
ATTENUATION
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHROMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
MICROWAVE RADIATION
OPACITY
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PIONEER SPACE PROBES
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
PLANETS
RADIATIONS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPACE VEHICLES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
VEHICLES
VENUS PLANET
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ABSORPTIVITY
ATMOSPHERES
ATTENUATION
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHROMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
MICROWAVE RADIATION
OPACITY
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PIONEER SPACE PROBES
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
PLANETS
RADIATIONS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPACE VEHICLES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
VEHICLES
VENUS PLANET