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Venus cloud contrasts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

David L. Coffeen
David L. Coffeen*
Affiliation:
Lunar and Planetary Lab., University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz., U.S.A.

Abstract

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Contrast of the Venus cloud patterns is measured by photoelectric scans using a sequence of narrow-band interference filters. The contrast appears constant in the range 3100–3600 Å, drops to the limit of detectability at about 4100 Å, and is absent at longer wavelengths.

Type
Part I: Venus
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 40: Planetary Atmospheres , 1971 , pp. 84 - 90
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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