Abstract Pioneer Venus Orbiter Ultraviolet Spectrometer (PVOUVS) HI 1216Å data from six (6) orbits are analyzed. Analysis of subsolar region periapsis data show that for an exobase temperature of 305K, the exobase density is 5 ± 2(4) @ cm −3 and the column abundance of atomic hydrogen between 110 and 200 km is 2.4 ± 0.8(13) cm−2. The upward flux through the exobase is determined to be 7.5 ± 2.5(7)/cm2s. Apoapsis data were analyzed for both evening and morning geometries. We conclude: (1) the observed limb profiles show a diurnal variation consistent with Brinton et al.; (2) the model temperature field provides a good fit to the morning data, but the morning temperature field must be used to match the evening data; and (3) the theoretical Ly α limb intensity profiles are sensitive to small changes in the shape and magnitude of the variation of exobase hydrogen with solar zenith angle. The solar Ly α flux at line center required to fit the magnitude of the data is 8(11) photons/cm2s Å at Venus.


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    Title :

    The pioneer venus orbiter ultraviolet spectrometer experiment: Analysis of hydrogen lyman alpha data


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    Publication date :

    1985-01-01


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    4 pages




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    Article (Journal)


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    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English







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