Properties of the clouds of Venus, as inferred from airborne observations of its near-infrared reflectivity spectrum

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Apr 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978icar...34...28p&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 34, Apr. 1978, p. 28-45.

Computer Science

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Infrared Spectra, Near Infrared Radiation, Spectral Reflectance, Venus Clouds, Infrared Spectroscopy, Optical Thickness, Sulfuric Acid, Water, Chemical Composition, Concentrations, Water, Gases, Venus, Clouds, Spectrum, Polarization, Sulfuric Acid, Spectral Reflectivity, Composition, Atmosphere, Particles

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The shape and absolute value of Venus' reflectivity spectrum is measured in the 1.2- to 4.0 micrometer spectral region with a circular variable filter wheel spectrometer having a spectral resolution of 1.5%. Comparing these spectra with synthetic spectra generated with a multiple-scattering computer code, a number of properties of the Venus clouds are inferred. Evidence is obtained indicating that the clouds are made of a water solution of sulfuric acid in their top unit optical depth, and that the clouds are made of this material down to an optical depth of at least 25. In addition, the acid concentration is 84 plus or minus 2% H2SO4 by weight in the top unit optical depth, the total optical depth of the clouds is 37.5 plus or minus 12.5, and the cross-sectional weighted mean particle radius lies between 0.5 and 1.4 micrometers in the top unit optical depth of the clouds. It is found that the average volume mixing ratio of H2SO4 and H2O contained in the cloud material both equal approximately 2 x 10 to the -6. Employing vapor pressure arguments, the acid concentration is shown to equal 84 plus or minus 6% at the cloud bottom and the water vapor mixing ratio beneath the clouds lies between 6 x 10 to the -4 and 10 to the -2.

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