The Venus Atmosphere
Workshop Proceedings
G.M. Keating(Author)
G.M. Keating(Editor)
Pergamon (Publisher)
Published in November 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
52 pages
978-0-08-040160-7 (ISBN)
Description
The sixteen papers presented at the workshop catalogued the latest results regarding the Venus atmosphere obtained from US and Soviet spacecraft and identified the major remaining problems concerning the atmosphere to give focus for future measurements and studies.
The sixteen papers presented at the workshop catalogued the latest results regarding the Venus atmosphere obtained from US and Soviet spacecraft and identified the major remaining problems concerning the atmosphere to give focus for future measurements and studies.
The sixteen papers presented at the workshop catalogued the latest results regarding the Venus atmosphere obtained from US and Soviet spacecraft and identified the major remaining problems concerning the atmosphere to give focus for future measurements and studies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
108ill.
Dimensions
Height: 270 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-08-040160-7 (9780080401607)
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Content
Section headings and selected papers: Preface. Ionosphere and Upper Atmosphere. Solar cycle variations in the neutral exosphere inferred from the location of the Venus bow shock, C T Russell et al . Venus bowshock precursor, E G Fontheim & L H Brace; Solar-cycle changes in the thermal structure of the Venus dayside ionosphere, A J Kliore & L F Mulle;. The red and green lines of atomic oxygen in the nightglow of Venus, J L Fox. Infrared Measurements of the Middle Atmosphere. High latitude phenomena, deep cloud structure, and water vapour on Venus, F W Taylor et al . Infrared Fourier-spectrometer experiment from Venera-15, K Schafer et al . Venus middle-atmosphere temperatures from Venera-15, D Spankuch et al . Water vapor and sulfur dioxide abundances at the Venus cloud tops from the Venera-15 infrared spectrometry data, V I Moroz et al . Middle and Lower Atmosphere. Venus atmospheric circulation: known and unknown, S S Limaye. The dominant drive for the zonal circulation on Venus may not be solar heating in the clouds of the middle atmoshere, H E Revercomb. VEGA balloon meteorological measurements, D Crisp et al . Author Index.