A Water-Cloud Interpretation of Venus' Microwave Continuum

Diran Deirmendjian

ResearchPublished 1964

The presentation of a tentative atmospheric model for Venus, in which a planet-wide, continuous, and thick water-cloud veil contains 10 grams per square centimeter of water over a surface pressure as low as three atmospheres and a surface temperature of 600 deg K. The presentation of a tentative atmospheric model for Venus, in which a planet-wide, continuous, and thick water-cloud veil contains 10 grams per square centimeter of water over a surface pressure as low as three atmospheres and a surface temperature of 600 deg K. (See also R-422, RM-3228.)

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  • Year: 1964
  • Pages: 40
  • Document Number: RM-4060-PR

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Deirmendjian, Diran, A Water-Cloud Interpretation of Venus' Microwave Continuum. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1964. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM4060.html.
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