Comments on the Detection of Water and Ice Clouds on Venus.

Diran Deirmendjian

Expert InsightsPublished 1965

A verification of recent infrared spectroscopic evidence of the existence of ice clouds on Venus by comparison with the spectra of optically dense, terrestrial sunlit cirrus clouds. The uncertainties regarding the total water content of the planetary atmosphere are pointed out, and an experiment is proposed for the detection of possible water droplet clouds, otherwise obscured by the observed ice clouds. 13 pp.

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  • Year: 1965
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  • Document Number: P-3245

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