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Models of the Venus ionosphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

J. R. Herman ,
R. E. Hartle  and
S. J. Bauer
J. R. Herman
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Planetary Atmospheres, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, Md., U.S.A.
R. E. Hartle
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Planetary Atmospheres, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, Md., U.S.A.
S. J. Bauer
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Planetary Atmospheres, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, Md., U.S.A.

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Theoretical modeling of the daytime Venus ionosphere can be used to augment the measurements of Mariner V made during the 1967 fly-by mission of Venus. The models discussed here are obtained by solving the equations of heat conduction for the electron, ion, and neutral gases along with the momentum and chemical equations for the charged particle densities [1, 2, 3]. When the model is brought into conformity with as much of the data as is possible, constraints can be placed on some of the unknown parameters such as the electron and ion temperatures, and the strength of the magnetic field in the topside Venus ionosphere.

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Part I: Venus
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 40: Planetary Atmospheres , 1971 , pp. 23 - 27
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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