DocumentCode
786693
Title
Pioneer Venus Sounder And Small Probes Nephelometer Instrument
Author
Ragent, Boris ; Wong, Thomas ; Blamont, Jacques E. ; Eskovitz, Alan J. ; Harnett, Laurence N. ; Pallai, Arpad
Author_Institution
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Issue
1
fYear
1980
Firstpage
111
Lastpage
117
Abstract
The Nephelometer instrument flown on all four of the probes of the Pioneer Venus mission is described. The instruments functioned well, returning data on the backscattering properties of the Venusian clouds and ambient solar radiation in several wavelength intervals as a function of altitude at four widely separated planetary locations. The design considerations, instrument construction, calibration and performance are discussed.
Keywords
Backscatter; Calibration; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Optical filters; Optical scattering; Optical signal processing; Probes; Signal processing; Venus;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0196-2892
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TGRS.1980.350292
Filename
4157145
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