A reexamination of the evidence for large, solid particles in the clouds of Venus

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Feb 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984icar...57..161k&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 57, Feb. 1984, p. 161-183.

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Atmospheric Composition, Microstructure, Particle Size Distribution, Planetary Composition, Venus Clouds, Calibrating, Instrument Errors, Pioneer Venus Spacecraft, Planetology, Solids, Spectrometers, Sulfuric Acid, Venus Atmosphere, Venus, Clouds, Particles, Pioneer Venus, Particle Size Spectrometer, Lcps, Size, Sulfuric Acid, Distribution, Composition, Analysis, Crystals, Calibration, Equipment, Droplets, Atmosphere

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The Pioneer Venus particle size spectrometer (LCPS) data revealed a large size (15 - 35 μm) mode of particles resident within the nominal H2SO4 cloud forming the third mode of what appears to be a trimodal size distribution. The composition of these particles has previously been suggested as solid. Recently this interpretation has been challenged, favoring instead an error or shift in the calibration of the second size range of the LCPS which removes this third size distribution mode. In this paper the evidence for the existence of these mode 3 particles and their crystalline composition interpretation has been reexamined. A thorough examination of the calibration data and instrumental behavior is presented. It is suggested that the mode 3 size distribution features persist unless unreasonable sizing errors are permitted; the evidence for a third size mode is much stronger than for a crystalline species.

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