Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980jgr....85.8187t&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 85, Dec. 30, 1980, p. 8187-8199.
Physics
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Venus, Thermal Properties, Atmosphere, Temperature, Pvo Mission, Opacity, Pvm Mission, Spacecraft Observations, Emissions, Albedo, Absorption, Flux, Particles, Optical Properties, Comparisons, Circulation, Structure, Winds, Transport, Calculations, Radiation, Source, Thermodynamics, Dynamics, Solar Radiation
Scientific paper
Pioneer Venus orbiter and probes measured many of the properties of the Venus atmosphere which control its thermal balance and support its high surface temperature. Estimates based on orbiter data yield an effective radiating temperature of Venus of 228 + or - 5 K, corresponding to a solar emission of 153 + or - 13 W/sq cm. A mode of submicron particles is suggested as an important source of thermal opacity near the cloud tops to explain the orbiter and probe thermal flux measurements. A comparison of the measured solar flux profile with thermal fluxes computed from the measured temperature structure and composition shows that the greenhouse mechanism explains essentially all of the 500-K difference between the surface and radiating temperatures of Venus.
Boese R.
Covey Curtis
Ingersoll P. A. P. A.
Martonchik D. J.
Pollack James B.
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