GALILEO INFRARED IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS AT VENUS

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作者
CARLSON, RW
BAINES, KH
ENCRENAZ, T
TAYLOR, FW
DROSSART, P
KAMP, LW
POLLACK, JB
LELLOUCH, E
COLLARD, AD
CALCUTT, SB
GRINSPOON, D
WEISSMAN, PR
SMYTHE, WD
OCAMPO, AC
DANIELSON, GE
FANALE, FP
JOHNSON, TV
KIEFFER, HH
MATSON, DL
MCCORD, TB
SODERBLOM, LA
机构
[1] OBSERV PARIS,F-92195 MEUDON,FRANCE
[2] UNIV OXFORD,OXFORD OX1 3PU,ENGLAND
[3] NASA,AMES RES CTR,MOFFETT FIELD,CA 94035
[4] CALTECH,DIV GEOL & PLANETARY SCI,PASADENA,CA 91109
[5] UNIV HAWAII,HONOLULU,HI 96822
[6] US GEOL SURVEY,FLAGSTAFF,AZ 86001
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10.1126/science.253.5027.1541
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
During the 1990 Galileo Venus flyby, the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer investigated the night-side atmosphere of Venus in the spectral range 0.7 to 5.2 micrometers. Multispectral images at high spatial resolution indicate substantial cloud opacity variations in the lower cloud levels, centered at 50 kilometers altitude. Zonal and meridional winds were derived for this level and are consistent with motion of the upper branch of a Hadley cell. Northern and southern hemisphere clouds appear to be markedly different. Spectral profiles were used to derive lower atmosphere abundances of water vapor and other species.
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页码:1541 / 1548
页数:8
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