Infrared absorption of carbon dioxide at high densities with application to the atmosphere of Venus.
Publisher: Goddard Institute for Space Studies]
Published: 1971
Place of publication: [New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Carbon dioxide -- Spectra.; Infrared spectra.; Venus (Planet) -- Atmosphere.
First sentence: In infrared spectra, carbon dioxide has probably been the subject of more studies than any other polyatomic molecule.
Description: Several previously undiscovered absorptions of CO2 were found with a high-pressure infrared cell.  They are normally forbidden, but induced by collisions at high pressure.  When these and the known absorptions were applied to a computer simulation of the Venus atmosphere, gaps in the greenhouse effect were closed, and Venus's high surface temperature was fully explained.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 124-129.
Thesis--Columbia University.
Table of contents: label: I
title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: II
title: Experimental Equipment
pagenum: 3; label: III
title: Experimental Procedures
pagenum: 24; label: IV
title: Experimental Results
pagenum: 28; label: V
title: Theoretical Interpretation
pagenum: 44; label: VI
title: Application to the Atmosphere of Venus
pagenum: 59; label: VII
title: Accuracy and Statistics
pagenum: 80; label: VIII
title: Conclusions
pagenum: 86