%0 Journal Article %1 CARLSON1991 %A CARLSON, R. W. %A BAINES, K. H. %A ENCRENAZ, T. %A TAYLOR, F. W. %A DROSSART, P. %A KAMP, L. W. %A POLLACK, J. B. %A LELLOUCH, E. %A COLLARD, A. D. %A CALCUTT, S. B. %A GRINSPOON, D. %A WEISSMAN, P. R. %A SMYTHE, W. D. %A OCAMPO, A. C. %A DANIELSON, G. E. %A FANALE, F. P. %A JOHNSON, T. V. %A KIEFFER, H. H. %A MATSON, D. L. %A MCCORD, T. B. %A SODERBLOM, L. A. %D 1991 %J Science %K ATMOSPHERE; NIGHT-SIDE; SPECTRA %N 5027 %P 1541--1548 %T GALILEO INFRARED IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS AT VENUS %V 253 %X During the 1990 Galileo Venus flyby, the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer investigated the night-side atmosphere of Venus in the spectral range 0.7 to 5.2 micrometers. Multispectral images at high spatial resolution indicate substantial cloud opacity variations in the lower cloud levels, centered at 50 kilometers altitude. Zonal and meridional winds were derived for this level and are consistent with motion of the upper branch of a Hadley cell. Northern and southern hemisphere clouds appear to be markedly different. Spectral profiles were used to derive lower atmosphere abundances of water vapor and other species.

@article{CARLSON1991, abstract = {During the 1990 Galileo Venus flyby, the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer investigated the night-side atmosphere of Venus in the spectral range 0.7 to 5.2 micrometers. Multispectral images at high spatial resolution indicate substantial cloud opacity variations in the lower cloud levels, centered at 50 kilometers altitude. Zonal and meridional winds were derived for this level and are consistent with motion of the upper branch of a Hadley cell. Northern and southern hemisphere clouds appear to be markedly different. Spectral profiles were used to derive lower atmosphere abundances of water vapor and other species.}, added-at = {2009-11-03T20:21:25.000+0100}, author = {CARLSON, R. W. and BAINES, K. H. and ENCRENAZ, T. and TAYLOR, F. W. and DROSSART, P. and KAMP, L. W. and POLLACK, J. B. and LELLOUCH, E. and COLLARD, A. D. and CALCUTT, S. B. and GRINSPOON, D. and WEISSMAN, P. R. and SMYTHE, W. D. and OCAMPO, A. C. and DANIELSON, G. E. and FANALE, F. P. and JOHNSON, T. V. and KIEFFER, H. H. and MATSON, D. L. and MCCORD, T. B. and SODERBLOM, L. A.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/27340a6ec3a15deeffbe7df1a7ec89025/svance}, citedreferences = {1971, NASATMX65863 TECHN M ; 1990, 4962 INT ASTR UN CIR ; ALLEN DA, 1984, Nature, V307, P222 ; ALLEN DA, 1986, Icarus, V69, P221 ; APTAKER I, 1987, SPIE J, V834, P196 ; ARDUEVSKY VS, 1983, VENUS, P280 ; BELTON M, 1976, J ATMOS SCI, V8, P1394 ; BELTON MJS, 1991, Science, V253, P1531 ; BEZARD B, 1990, Nature, V345, P508 ; CARLSON R, IN PRESS SPACE SCI R ; CARLSON RW, UNPUB ; COUNSELMAN CC, 1980, J GEOPHYS RES, V85, P8026 ; CRISP D, 1989, Science, V246, P506 ; CRISP D, 1990, ADV SPACE RES, V4, P109 ; CRISP D, 1991, Science, V253, P1538 ; DINER DD, 1979, J ATMOS SCI, V35, P2536 ; DROSSART P, 1990, MAY COPSAR THE HAG ; EKONOMOW AP, 1983, VENUS, P632 ; ESPOSITO LW, 1983, VENUS, P484 ; HUNTEN DM, 1989, ORIGIN EVOLUTION PLA, P386 ; KAMP LW, 1988, Nature, V336, P360 ; KAMP LW, 1990, Icarus, V86, P510 ; LIMAYE SS, 1981, J ATMOS SCI, V38, P1220 ; MCGILL GE, 1983, VENUS, P69 ; MOORE JF, 1971, THESIS COLUMBIA U ; MOROZ VI, 1983, VENUS, P45 ; ROTHMAN LS, 1987, APPL OPTICS, V26, P4085 ; SCHINDER PJ, 1990, J ATMOS SCI, V47, P2037 ; Schubert G, 1980, J GEOPHYS RES, V85, P8007 ; Schubert G, 1983, VENUS, P681 ; SIEFF A, 1983, VENUS, P215 ; SROMOVSKY LA, 1985, Icarus, V61, P521 ; TAYLOR FW, 1980, J GEOPHYS RES, V85, P7963 ; TAYLOR FW, 1983, VENUS, P650 ; VONZAHN U, 1983, VENUS, P299 ; WATTSON RB, 1986, J MOL SPECTROSC, V119, P83}, interhash = {1116ab64593332400ca31c9624b4ebea}, intrahash = {7340a6ec3a15deeffbe7df1a7ec89025}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {ATMOSPHERE; NIGHT-SIDE; SPECTRA}, number = 5027, owner = {svance}, pages = {1541--1548}, timestamp = {2009-11-03T20:21:41.000+0100}, title = {GALILEO INFRARED IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS AT VENUS}, volume = 253, year = 1991 }