Further Results of the Pioneer Venus Nephelometer Experiment
- 6 July 1979
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 205 (4401), 67-70
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.205.4401.67
Abstract
Backscattering data for the nephelometer experiments conducted aboard the Pioneer Venus mission probes, including data up to the highest altitudes measured by the probes, are presented. A few small signals were detected below the main cloud deck. Ambient radiation was measured at near-ultraviolet and visible wavelengths; the variation of extinction of near-ultraviolet with altitude is inferred. Ambient radiance decreased more rapidly at 530 than at 745 nanometers in the lower atmosphere.Keywords
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