Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jul 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979sci...205...80t&link_type=abstract
Science, vol. 205, July 6, 1979, p. 80-82.
Computer Science
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Atmospheric Attenuation, Photoabsorption, Sunlight, Venus Atmosphere, Atmospheric Models, Optical Thickness, Pioneer Venus Spacecraft, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Venus Clouds, Vertical Distribution, Wavelengths, Models, Flux, Radiometers, Pioneer Venus, Probes, Particles, Atmosphere, Clouds, Sulfur, Water, Absorption Spectra, Mixing, Surface, Temperatures, Solar Flux Radiometer (Lsfr)
Scientific paper
The fluxes measured by the solar flux radiometer (LSFR) of the Pioneer Venus large probe are compared with calculations for model atmospheres. Models assuming that the large particles of the middle and lower clouds are sulfur look different compared to the LSFR net flux measurements data. Models in which the smallest particles are assumed to be sulfur give flux profiles consistent with the measurements if an additional source of absorption is included in the upper cloud. Thermal balance calculations based on the measured visible fluxes indicate high surface temperature for reasonable assumptions of cloud opacity and water vapor abundance. The lapse rate becomes convective within the middle cloud. For water mixing ratios of 2.0 x 10 to the -4th power below the clouds, a subadiabatic region extending from the cloud bottom to altitudes near 35 km is found.
Doose Lyn R.
Smith Paul H.
Tomasko Martin G.
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