CLOUDS OF VENUS - PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF MICROSTRUCTURE

被引：44
作者：
KNOLLENBERG, RG [1 ]
HUNTEN, DM [1 ]
机构：
[1] UNIV ARIZONA,TUCSON,AZ 85721
来源：
SCIENCE | 1979年 / 205卷 / 4401期
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D O I：
10.1126/science.205.4401.70
中图分类号：
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];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
The multimodal microstructure of the Venus cloud system has been examined. In addition to confirmed H2SO4 droplets and suspected elemental sulfur, a highly concentrated aerosol population has been observed extending above, within, and below the cloud system. These aerosols appear to cycle through the cloud droplets, but can never be removed by the weak precipitation mechanisms present. All cloud particles are likely laced with aerosol contaminants. Sedimentation and decomposition of H2SO4 in the droplets of the lower cloud region contribute more than 7 watts per square meter of heat flux equaling one-fourth of the solar net flux at 50 kilometers. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.
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页码：70 / 74
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