Near infrared imaging spectroscopy of Venus with the Anglo-Australian Telescope

Jeremy Bailey; S. Chamberlain; D. Crisp; V. S. Meadows

doi:10.1016/j.pss.2008.03.006

Near infrared imaging spectroscopy of Venus with the Anglo-Australian Telescope

Jeremy Bailey^*, S. Chamberlain, D. Crisp, V. S. Meadows

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Faculty of Science and Engineering

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We have obtained full-disk spatially resolved spectra of the Venus nightside at near-infrared wavelengths during July 2007 using the Anglo-Australian Telescope and Infrared Imager and Spectrograph 2 (IRIS2). The data have been used to map the intensity and rotational temperature of the O₂(a¹ Δ_g) airglow band at 1.27 μ m. The temperatures agree with those obtained in earlier IRIS2 observations and are significantly higher than expected from the Venus International Reference Atmosphere (VIRA) profile. We also report the detection of the corresponding ν = 0 - 1O₂ airglow band at 1.58 μ m with a similar spatial distribution to the 1.27 μ mν = 0 - 0 band. Observations in the 1.18 μ m thermal window have been used to image surface topography using two different methods of cloud correction. We have also obtained 2.3 μ m images that can be used to study cloud motion.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1385-1390
Number of pages	6
Journal	Planetary and Space Science
Volume	56
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2008.03.006
Publication status	Published - Aug 2008

Keywords

Airglow
Near-infrared spectroscopy
Venus
Venus atmosphere

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Near infrared imaging spectroscopy of Venus with the Anglo-Australian Telescope

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