Infrared radiometer for the Pioneer Venus orbiter 1: Instrument description
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 18 (23), 3893-3900
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.18.003893
Abstract
An IR remote sensing instrument, similar in principle to some of those on terrestrial meteorological satellites, was flown to Venus on board the Pioneer Venus orbiter. Observations of the atmosphere were made from 5 December 1978 until 14 February 1979, during seventy-two orbits of the planet. The optical techniques employed and the design and implementation of the instrument are described.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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