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
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;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGRS.1980.350292
