Crisp, D. and McMuldroch, S. and Stephens, S. K. and Sinton, W. M. and Ragent, B. and Hodapp, K. W. and Probst, R. G. and Doyle, L. R. and Allen, D. A. and Elias, J. (1991) Ground-Based Near-Infrared Imaging Observations of Venus During the Galileo Encounter. Science, 253 (5027). pp. 1538-1541. ISSN 0036-8075. doi:10.1126/science.253.5027.1538. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150107-122328736
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Abstract
Near-infrared images of Venus, obtained from a global network of ground-based observatories during January and February 1990, document the morphology and motions of the night-side near-infrared markings before, during, and after the Galileo Venus encounter. A dark cloud extended halfway around the planet at low latitudes (>±40°) and persisted throughout the observing program. It had a rotation period of 5.5 ± 0.15 days. The remainder of this latitude band was characterized by small-scale (400 to 1000 kilometers) dark and bright markings with rotation periods of 7.4 ± 1 days. The different rotation periods for the large dark cloud and the smaller markings suggests that they are produced at different altitudes. Mid-latitudes (±40° to 60°) were usually occupied by bright east-west bands. The highest observable latitudes (±60° to 70°) were always dark and featureless, indicating greater cloud opacity. Maps of the water vapor distribution show no evidence for large horizontal gradients in the lower atmosphere of Venus.
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Additional Information: | © 1991 American Association for the Advancement of Science. 3 April 1991; Accepted 17 July 1991. This work was funded in part by grants from the NASA Planetary Astronomy and Planetary Atmospheres Programs to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, and the NASA Ames Research Center. Additional support for S. McMuldroch was provided by the Science and Engineering Research Council. Computer time was provided by the Wide-Field/Planetary Camera II Project at JPL. Contribution 5067 from the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology. | ||||||||||||
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DOI: | 10.1126/science.253.5027.1538 | ||||||||||||
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Official Citation: | CRISP, D., MCMULDROCH, S., STEPHENS, S. K., SINTON, W. M., RAGENT, B., HODAPP, K.-W., . . . ELIAS, J. (1991). Ground-Based Near-Infrared Imaging Observations of Venus During the Galileo Encounter. Science, 253(5027), 1538-1541. doi: 10.1126/science.253.5027.1538 | ||||||||||||
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