Laboratory evaluation and application of microwave absorption properties under simulated conditions for planetary atmospheres. Semiannual status report, 1 February-31 July 1987

Technical Report · Wed Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6017776

Steffes, P G

Laboratory measurements were conducted to evaluate properties of atmospheric gases under simulated conditions for the outer planets. A significant addition to this effort was the capability to make such measurements at millimeter wavelengths. Measurements should soon be completed on the millimeter wave absorption from ammonia under Jovian conditions. Also studied will be the feasibility of measuring the microwave and millimeter wave properties of phosphine (PH/sub 3/) under simulated Jovian conditions. Further analysis and application of the laboratory results to microwave and millimeter wave absorption data for the outer planet, such as Voyager Radio Occultation experiments, will be pursued.

• Research Organization: Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6017776
• Report Number(s): N-87-25259; NASA-CR-180653; NAS-1.26:180653; SASR-7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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640107* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Planetary Phenomena
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ABSORPTIVITY
ABUNDANCE
ALKANES
ATMOSPHERES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
DATA
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
METHANE
MICROWAVE RADIATION
NUMERICAL DATA
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
RADIATIONS
SIMULATION