The clouds of Venus: calculated properties of the sulfuric acid aerosol medium in the infrared thermal range
Abstract
The coefficients of scattering, absorption, extinction, and the single-scattering albedo in the spectral range from 400 to 1500 kaysers are calculated for an aerosol medium consisting of spherical particles in a 75% sulfuric acid solution. Characteristic bands identified in the Venusian spectrum have been obtained. From a comparison with radiometric data obtained by the Venera 9 and 10 space vehicles, the concentration of particles in the radiating cloud layer is found to be 95 per cu cm.
- Publication:
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Astronomicheskii Zhurnal
- Pub Date:
- October 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977AZh....54.1110K
- Keywords:
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- Aerosols;
- Atmospheric Composition;
- Infrared Spectra;
- Sulfuric Acid;
- Venus Clouds;
- Acid Rain;
- Albedo;
- Atmospheric Attenuation;
- Atmospheric Models;
- Atmospheric Scattering;
- Extinction;
- Particle Size Distribution;
- Radiometers;
- Refractivity;
- Satellite Observation;
- Thermal Radiation;
- Venera Satellites;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration