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Jun 1975
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975jats...32.1151m&link_type=abstract
(NASA, State University of New York, AAS, and AGU, Conference on the Atmosphere of Venus, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studi
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Cloud Cover, Infrared Spectra, Planetary Radiation, Spectrophotometry, Venus Atmosphere, Atmospheric Models, Near Infrared Radiation, Optical Thickness, Particle Size Distribution, Polarization Characteristics
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Spectrophotometric data of Venus in the 3-4 micron region are analyzed in the context of current ideas concerning cloud properties. The results show that a homogeneous cloud model, using a unimodal particle size distribution compatible with the results of previous polarization studies, cannot satisfactorily explain the infrared observations. Assuming a composition of 75% H2SO4, agreement is possible if an upper layer of smaller particles is added to the homogeneous cloud. This inhomogeneous cloud structure, however, is not in agreement with the polarization results. Other models, involving bimodal particle size distributions, were also unsuccessful in explaining both sets of observations in a consistent manner.
Beer Reinhard
Martonchik John V.
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