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    Searching For Publications Based on Pioneer Venus Data


    The following Lists the instrumentation applicable to specific areas of study and the corresponding PI’s. Using Astrophysics Data System you can locate and retrieve additional publications. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/classic-form

    Pioneer Venus Probes
    InstrumentPi
    Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere
    Large Probe Mass Spectrometer (LNMS)J. Hoffman
    Large Probe Gas Chromatograph (LGC)V. Oyama
    Bus Neutral Mass Spectrometer (BNMS)U. Von Zahn
    Large/Small Probe Atmosphere Structure (LASISAS)A. Seiff
    Atmospheric Propagation Experiments (OGPE)T. Croft
       
    Clouds
    LargelSmall Probe Nephelometer (LNISN)B. Ragent
    Large Probe Cloud Particle Size Spectrometer (LCPS)R. Knollenberg
       
    Thermal Balance
    Large Probe Solar Flux Radiometer (LSFR)M. Tomasko
    Large Probe Infrared Radiometer (LIR)R. Boese
    Small Probe Net Flux Radiometer (SNFR)V. Suomi
       
    Dynamics
    Differential Long Baseline Interferometry (DLBI)C. Counselman
    Doppler Tracking of Probes (MWIN)A. Kliore
    Atmospheric Turbulence Experiments (MTURIOTUR)R. Woo
       
    Solar Wind and Ionosphere
    Bus Ion Mass Spectrometer (BIMS)H. Taylor
       
    Pioneer Venus Orbiter
    Spacecraft Position
       
    Retarding Potential Analyzer
       
    InstrumentPI
    Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere
    Orbiter Neutral Mass Spectrometer (ONMS) H. Niemann
    Orbiter Ultraviolet Spectrometer (OUVS)I. Stewart
    Orbiter Atmospheric Drag Experiment (OAD)G. Keating
    Orbiter Dual-Frequency Occultation Experiments (ORO),A. Kliore
       
    Clouds   
    Orbiter Cloud Photopolarimeter (OCPP)J. Hansen (later L. Travis)   
       
    Thermal Balance
    Orbiter Infrared Radiometer (OIR)F. Taylor
       
    Solar Wind and Ionosphere
    Orbiter Ion Mass Spectrometer (OIMS)H. Taylor
    Orbiter Electron Temperature Probe (OETP)L. Brace
    Orbiter Retarding Potential Analyzer (ORPA)W. Knudsen
    Orbiter Magnetometer (OMAG)C. Russell
    Orbiter Plasma Analyzer (OPA)J. Wolfe (later A. Barnes)
    Orbiter Electric Field Detector (OEFD)F. Scarf
       
    Surface and Interior
    Orbiter Radar Mapper (ORAD)G. Pettengill
    Orbiter Internal Density Distribution Experiments (OIDD)R. Phillips
    Orbiter Celestial Mechanics Experiments (OCM)I. Shapiro