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Table 2 The cloud model used in this study for calculating radiative transfer. Optical thickness of each mode in each layer (2 km thick) at 920 nm is represented.

From: Contrast sources for the infrared images taken by the Venus mission AKATSUKI

Layer center altitude (km)

Optical thickness per 2 km

 

Mode1

Mode2

Mode3

Total

89

0.013

0.0

0.0

0.013

87

0.020

0.0

0.0

0.020

85

0.033

0.0

0.0

0.033

83

0.052

0.0

0.0

0.052

81

0.082

0.0

0.0

0.082

79

0.011

0.052

0.0

0.063

77

0.015

0.077

0.0

0.093

75

0.024

0.114

0.0

0.138

73

0.036

0.168

0.0

0.204

71

0.053

0.249

0.0

0.302

69

0.149

0.355

0.0

0.504

67

0.208

0.495

0.0

0.703

65

0.290

0.691

0.0

0.981

63

0.405

0.946

0.0

1.369

61

0.565

1.346

0.0

1.911

59

0.789

1.878

0.0

2.667

57

0.596

1.777

0.819

3.192

55

0.114

1.186

2.084

3.384

53

0.146

1.509

2.652

4.307

51

0.186

1.920

3.374

5.480

49

0.334

1.268

6.898

8.500

Total

   

34.0