Microwave boundary conditions on the atmosphere and clouds of Venus

Details Microwave boundary conditions on the atmosphere and clouds of Venus Microwave boundary conditions on the atmosphere and clouds of Venus

Jun 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975jats...32.1164r&link_type=abstract

(NASA, State University of New York, AAS, and AGU, Conference on the Atmosphere of Venus, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studi

Physics

3

Boundary Conditions, Dielectric Properties, Microwave Spectra, Sulfuric Acid, Venus Atmosphere, Venus Clouds, Water Vapor, Absorptivity, Brightness Temperature, Opacity, Radio Occultation, Refractivity, Surface Temperature, Upper Atmosphere

Scientific paper

The dielectric properties of H2O/H2SO4 mixtures are deduced from the Debye equations and, for a well-mixed atmosphere, the structure of H2O and H2O/H2SO4 clouds is calculated. Various data on the planet together set an upper limit on the mixing ratio by number for H2O of about 0.001 in the lower Venus atmosphere, and for H2SO4 of about 0.00001. The polarization value of the real part of the refractive index of the clouds, the spectroscopic limits on the abundance of water vapor above the clouds, and the microwave data together set corresponding upper limits on H2O of approximately 0.0002 and on H2SO4 of approximately 0.000009. Upper limits on the surface density of total cloud constituents and of cloud liquid water are, respectively, about 0.1 g/sq cm and about 0.01 g/sq cm. The infrared opacities of 90 bars of CO2, together with the derived upper limits to the amounts of water vapor and liquid H2O/H2SO4, may be sufficient to explain the high surface temperatures through the greenhouse effect.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Microwave boundary conditions on the atmosphere and clouds of Venus does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Microwave boundary conditions on the atmosphere and clouds of Venus, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Microwave boundary conditions on the atmosphere and clouds of Venus will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-750386