Precipitation on Venus - Properties and possibilities of detection

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Jul 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979jats...36.1168c&link_type=abstract

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 36, July 1979, p. 1168-1177.

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Atmospheric Moisture, Mariner 10 Space Probe, Microwave Sensors, Precipitation (Meteorology), Radar Measurement, Venus Atmosphere, Venus Clouds, Aerosols, Bistatic Reflectivity, Cloud Cover, Coalescing, Condensing, Drop Size, Lower Atmosphere, Occultation, Pioneer Venus Spacecraft, Remote Sensors, Sulfuric Acid, Turbulence, Vertical Air Currents, Mariner 10, Occultations, Clouds, Venus, Precipitation, Remote Sensing, Pioneer Venus, Atmosphere, Parameters, Particles, Venera 9, Venera 10, Water Vapor, Turbule

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Mariner 10 occultation measurements have provided evidence of a dense cloud deck in the lower atmosphere of Venus with a peak liquid content of about 1 g/cu m. This, in conjunction with other measurements - such as turbulence, updrafts and the presence of aerosol - seem to favor the possibility of precipitation on Venus. Modeling of droplet growth in the Venusian environment shows that precipitation size drops can be formed over periods of only a few hours, similar to growth rates on earth. The precipitation region, if it exists, would extend from the cloud base at about 50 km to the 38-km level where most of the droplets will have evaporated. Precipitation regions can be detected with a variety of remote sensing radar and radio techniques.

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