Venus - Cloud optical depth and surface albedo from Venera 8

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Jan 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975icar...24...19d&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 24, Jan. 1975, p. 19-27.

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Optics

Albedo, Atmospheric Optics, Optical Thickness, Venera 8 Satellite, Venus Clouds, Astronomical Models, Atmospheric Models, Cloud Cover, Kernel Functions, Solar Flux, Spherical Harmonics, Venus Atmosphere

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The present work describes the use of measurements of the solar flux obtained by the Venera 8 spacecraft inside the atmosphere of Venus and the values of the Venus spherical albedo to deduce the characteristics of the clouds and of the ground. The method used is the exponential kernel approximation and the results have been tested by exact computations with the spherical harmonics method. A cloud layer with an optical thickness of about 144, an albedo for single scattering of 0.9998 in the rear infrared above a Rayleigh layer between 0 and 32 km, and a ground of reflectivity of 0.4, give good agreement with the experimental results. A model with two cloud layers is also discussed.

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