Computer Science
Scientific paper
Mar 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993sri..repts....s&link_type=abstract
Final Report Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, TX. Space Sciences Div.
Computer Science
Atmospheric Composition, Calibrating, Pioneer Venus Spacecraft, Planetary Composition, Sulfur Dioxides, Ultraviolet Spectrometers, Venus Atmosphere, Aerosols, Iue, Ultraviolet Spectra
Scientific paper
In the present reporting period we have met with the Pioneer Venus PI to collaborate on the recalibration of the UV spectrometer of Pioneer Venus. The associated data reduction and analysis activities have been completed. The sensitivity of the UV spectrometer has been steadily declining since orbit insertion of Pioneer Venus in 1978 due to aging of the detector tubes. The sensitivity decline is a strong function of wavelength and the rate of decline is also a function of time. Measures were taken to reduce the light dose received by the instrument to slow down the sensitivity decline. The stellar calibration using the bright UV star Hadar in 1990 indicates that the sensitivity decline may have slowed down more than have been previously estimated. The derived amount of SO2 from Pioneer Venus depends on the accuracy of the absolute sensitivity of the UV spectrometer. The previous cross calibration between IUE and Pioneer Venus led to the use of the same solar flux data for reducing and modelling data from both IUE and Pioneer Venus. The comparison between the 1991 IUE results and the Pioneer Venus stellar calibration carried out in 1990 will allow a more accurate determination of sensitivity decline of the PV UV spectrometer. The result of this comparison will be crucial in determining the trend of SO2 in the Venus atmosphere.
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