The Upper Atmosphere of Venus in Light of the Mariner 5 Measurements
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- 1 July 1968
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
- Vol. 25 (4) , 574-577
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1968)025<0574:tuaovi>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Models for the Venus atmosphere and ionosphere are presented and compared with data obtained in the S-band occultation experiment on Mariner 5. Good agreement is found between model and experiment if the Venus atmosphere is composed of essentially pure CO2. An upper limit of about 10% is derived for the N2 mixing rate. It is argued that atomic oxygen is a minor constituent in the upper atmosphere of Venus. Abstract Models for the Venus atmosphere and ionosphere are presented and compared with data obtained in the S-band occultation experiment on Mariner 5. Good agreement is found between model and experiment if the Venus atmosphere is composed of essentially pure CO2. An upper limit of about 10% is derived for the N2 mixing rate. It is argued that atomic oxygen is a minor constituent in the upper atmosphere of Venus.Keywords
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