The Venus environment

Conference · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · Icarus; (United States)

OSTI ID:6370044

Attention is given to noble gases in planetary atmospheres, the photochemistry of the stratosphere of Venus, the chemistry of metastable species in the Venusian ionosphere, the Venus ionosphere at grazing incidence of solar radiation, disappearing ionospheres on the nightside of Venus, and the observed composition of the ionosphere of Venus. Other investigations considered are concerned with the predicted electrical conductivity between 0 and 80 km in the Venusian atmosphere, sulfuric acid vapor and other cloud-related gases in the Venus atmosphere, the composition and vertical structure of the lower cloud deck on Venus, amorphous sulfur as the ultraviolet absorber on Venus, and polarization studies of the Venus UV contrasts. A description is provided of topics related to temporal variability of ultraviolet cloud features in the Venus stratosphere, zonal mean circulation at the cloud level on Venus, the influence of thermospheric winds on exospheric hydrogen on Venus, and an analysis of Venus gravity data.

• OSTI ID: 6370044
• Report Number(s): CONF-8111135-
• Journal Information: Icarus; (United States), Vol. 51; Conference: International conference on the Venus environment, Palo Alto, CA, USA, 1 Nov 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
VENUS PLANET
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
CHEMISTRY
IONOSPHERE
NIGHT SKY
PHOTOCHEMISTRY
RARE GASES
SOLAR RADIATION
SOLAR WIND
STRATOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERES
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
GASES
NONMETALS
PLANETARY IONOSPHERES
PLANETS
RADIATIONS
SKY
SOLAR ACTIVITY
STELLAR RADIATION
640107* - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Planetary Phenomena