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Sep 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992lpico.789...32f&link_type=abstract
In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Papers Presented to the International Colloquium on Venus p 32-34 (SEE N93-14288 04-91)
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Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Composition, Atmospheric Models, Emission Spectra, Gas Mixtures, Millimeter Waves, Radiative Transfer, Variability, Venus (Planet), Venus Atmosphere, Abundance, Carbon Dioxide, Condensates, Sulfur Dioxides, Sulfuric Acid
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Recent observations of the millimeter-wave emission from Venus at 112 GHz (2.6 mm) have shown significant variations in the continuum flux emission that may be attributed to the variability in the abundances of absorbing constituents in the Venus atmosphere. Such constituents include gaseous H2SO4, SO2, and liquid sulfuric acid (cloud condensates). Recently, Fahd and Steffes have shown that the effects of liquid H, SO4, and gaseous SO2 cannot completely account for this measured variability in the millimeter-wave emission of Venus. Thus, it is necessary to study the effect of gaseous H2SO4 on the millimeter-wave emission of Venus. This requires knowledge of the millimeter-wavelength (MMW) opacity of gaseous H2SO4, which unfortunately has never been determined for Venus-like conditions. We have measured the opacity of gaseous H2SO4 in a CO2 atmosphere at 550, 570, and 590 K, at 1 and 2 atm total pressure, and at a frequency of 94.1 GHz. Our results, in addition to previous centimeter-wavelength results are used to verify a modeling formalism for calculating the expected opacity of this gaseous mixture at other frequencies. This formalism is incorporated into a radiative transfer model to study the effect of gaseous H2SO4 on the MMW emission of Venus.
Fahd Antoine K.
Steffes Paul Gregory
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