Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993p%26ss...41..477c&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 41, no. 7, p. 477-485
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
37
Limb Darkening, Near Infrared Radiation, Opacity, Radiance, Venus (Planet), Venus Clouds, Abundance, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Branching (Physics), Galileo Spacecraft, Infrared Spectroscopy, Radiative Heat Transfer, Spaceborne Astronomy
Scientific paper
Using Venus nightside data obtained by the Galileo Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS), we have studied the correlation of 1.74 and 2.30 micrometer radiation which is transmitted through the clouds. Since the scattering and absorption properties of the cloud particles are different at these two wavelengths, one can distinguish between abundance variations and variations in the properties of the cloud particles themselves. The correlation of intensities shows a clustering of data into five distinct branches. Using radiative transfer calculations, we interpret these branches as regions of distinct but different mixes of Mode 2' and 3 particles. The data and calculations indicate large differences in these modal ratios, the active cloud regions varying in content from nearly pure Mode 2' particles to almost wholly Mode 3. The spatial distribution of these branches shows large scale sizes and both hemispheric symmetries and asymmetries. High-latitude concentrations of large particles are seen in both hemispheres and there is banded structure of small particles seen in both the North and South which may be related. The mean particle size in the Northern Hemisphere is greater than found in the South. If these different branch regions are due to mixing of vertically stratified source regions (e.g. photochemical and condensation source mechanisms), then the mixing must be coherent over very large spatial scales.
Baines Kevin Hays
Carlson Richard W.
Drossart Pierre
Encrenaz Th.
Grinspoon David H.
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