Computer Science – Sound
Scientific paper
Feb 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979sci...203..802o&link_type=abstract
Science, vol. 203, Feb. 23, 1979, p. 802-805.
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Atmospheric Composition, Gas Chromatography, Pioneer Venus 2 Sounder Probe, Venus Atmosphere, Abundance, Carbon Dioxide Concentration, Gas Analysis, Molecular Gases, Nitrogen, Rare Gases, Sulfur Dioxides, Water Vapor, Venus, Gases, Atmosphere, Composition, Carbon Dioxide, Water Vapor, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon, Neon, Clouds, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfuric Acid, Outgassing, Earth, Mass, Gas Chromatographic Techniques
Scientific paper
The first gas chromatographic analysis of the lower atmosphere of Venus is reported. Three atmospheric samples were analyzed. The third of these samples showed carbon dioxide (96.4 percent), molecular nitrogen (3.41 percent), water vapor (0.135 percent), molecular oxygen (69.3 ppm), argon (18.6 ppm), neon (4.31 ppm), and sulfur dioxide (186 ppm). The amounts of water vapor and sulfur dioxide detected are roughly compatible with the requirements of greenhouse models of the high surface temperature of Venus. The large positive gradient of sulfur dioxide, molecular oxygen, and water vapor from the cloud tops to their bottoms, as implied by Earth-based observations and these results, gives added support for the presence of major quantities of aqueous sulfuric acid in the clouds. A comparison of the inventory of inert gases found in the atmospheres of Venus, Earth, and Mars suggests that these components are due to outgassing from the planetary interiors.
Carle Glenn C.
Oyama Vance I.
Pollack James B.
Woeller Fritz
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