18. Importance of Ionospheres for Neutral-Atmosphere Processes of Earth-like Planets

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Preface 3
3. Contents 5
4. 1. Infrared experiment aboard the automatic interplanetary stations Venera 15 and Venera 16 9
5. 2. Infrared experiment aboard the automatic interplanetary stations Venera 15 and Venera 16 27
6. 3. Infrared experiment aboard the automatic interplanetary stations Venera 15 and Venera 16 47
7. 4. Infrared experiment aboard the automatic interplanetary stations Venera 15 and Venera 16 65
8. 5. Infrared experiment aboard the automatic interplanetary stations Venera 15 and Venera 16 81
9. 6. The Venusian Polar Dipole 93
10. 7. Thermal structure of the middle atmosphere of Venus from Venera 15 data 99
11. 8. Observed Cloud Level Circulation on Venus 121
12. 9. Temperature and thermal wind field of the middle atmosphere of Venus from Venera 15 data 141
13. 10. Sun coupled waves in the field of the thermal radiation of Venus from Venera 15 infrared spectrometry 155
14. 11. Atmospheric Variability Over the North Pole During the Venera 15 Mission 165
15. 12. IR Cooling Bates of Venus' Middle Atmosphere 175
16. 13. Sulfur Dioxide and its Variations 193
17. 14. Water vapor and sulfur dioxide in the Venus' atmosphere from the Venera-15 data 205
18. 15. Venusian clouds from Venera 15 data 217
19. 16. The structure of the aerosol medium in the Venusian atmosphere from the data of ISAV-A experiment on Vega descent probes 235
20. 17. Microphysical processes in the Venus' cloud layer 243
21. 18. Importance of Ionospheres for Neutral-Atmosphere Processes of Earth-like Planets 253
22. List of Authors 256
23. List of abbreviations 258