Handbook of the Physical Properties of the Planet Venus, by L. R. Koenig [and Others] Prepared Under Contract for NASA by Douglas Aircraft Company, IncScientific and Technical Information Division, Office of Technology Utilization, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1967 - Venus (Planet) - 132 pages |
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90 millibars absorption aeolosphere albedo ANTISOLAR POINT approximately ashen light assumed Astron Astronomical atmosphere of Venus Atmospheric Structure blackbody Bond albedo brightness temperature carbon dioxide centimeters circulation cloud layer cloudtop level cm STP cm³ CO₂ color index constituents dark side density detector diameter disk Dollfus dust Earth and Venus ecliptic electron energy Filar micrometer flux grams greenhouse heat height indicate inferior conjunction infrared interior ionosphere ionospheric model kilometers Kuiper light limb darkening Longitude lower atmosphere magnetic field magnitude Mariner mean measurements microwave MICROWAVE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES microwave emissions millibars Mintz molecular Observations of Venus orbit particles percent permanent cloud phase angle photochemical PLANET VENUS planetary polarization pressure radar radiation radiometer radius Rayleigh Rayleigh scattering reflected region retrograde rotation Sagan ref Scan scattering solar spectral spectrum surface of Venus surface temperature TABLE thermal tion ultraviolet upper atmosphere variation Vaucouleurs water vapor wavelengths