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Venus: Determination of atmospheric parameters from the microwave spectrum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

James B. Pollack  and
David Morrison
James B. Pollack*
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Planetary Studies, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A.
David Morrison*
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Planetary Studies, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A.
*
*Present address: Space Sciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035.
†Present address: Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822.

Abstract

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The microwave spectrum of Venus is compared with the structure and composition of the Venus atmosphere as determined by Veneras 4, 5, and 6 and Mariner V. The results are consistent with a radar radius of 6049.5 ± 3 km, surface pressures of 95 ± 20 atm, and a surface temperature of 770 ± 25 K, as well as a water vapor volume mixing ratio of 0.65 ± 0.35%.

Type
Part I: Venus
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 40: Planetary Atmospheres , 1971 , pp. 28 - 31
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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