Microstructure of Venus cloud layer based on spectrophotometric data from Venera-11 spacecraft
Abstract
The cloud-particle size distribution at heights of 48-65 km was reconstructed on the basis of Venera-11 data using the Tikhonov regularization method. A combined interpretation of spectrophotometric and nephelometric data made it possible to determine the aerosol refractive index. A value of about 1.33, obtained for the lower part of the cloud layer, points to the possible presence of aspherical particles.
- Publication:
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USSR Report Space
- Pub Date:
- February 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985RpSpR...1...60T
- Keywords:
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- Aerosols;
- Atmospheric Sounding;
- Particle Size Distribution;
- Spectrophotometry;
- Venera 11 Satellite;
- Venus Clouds;
- Atmospheric Refraction;
- Cloud Cover;
- Satellite Sounding;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration