Venus Atmospheric Composition In Situ Data: A Compilation

- 1 - Atmospheric Chemistry of Venus - like Exoplanets

Atmospheric nitrogen evolution on Earth and Venus

Nitrogen is the most common element in Earth’s atmosphere and also appears to be present in significant amounts in the mantle. However, its long-term cycling between these two reservoirs remains poorly understood. Here a range of biotic and abiotic mechanisms are evaluated that could have caused nitrogen exchange between Earth’s surface and interior over time. In the Archean, biological nitroge...

Atmospheric effects on cratering on Venus

A paraboloidal bow shock model is developed in order to estimate the surface distribution of gas shock-induced modifications surrounding Venusian impact craters. We apply two-dimensional oblique shock dynamics to describe a three-dimensional paraboloidal-shaped bow shock impinging upon an assumed incompressible Venusian surface. The effects of the hypersonic atmospheric shock acting on the Venu...

A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean-colour satellite applications

A compiled set of in situ data is important to evaluate the quality of ocean-colour satellite data records. Here we describe the data compiled for the validation of the ocean-colour products from the ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI). The data were acquired from several sources (MOBY, BOUSSOLE, AERONET-OC, SeaBASS, NOMAD, MERMAID, AMT, ICES, HOT, GEPCO), spans between 1997 and...

A Compilation of High Energy Atmospheric Muon Data at Sea Level

We collect and combine all published data on the vertical atmospheric muon flux and the muon charge ratio for muon momenta above 10 GeV. At sea level the world average of the momentum spectra agrees with the flux calculated by E.V. Bugaev et al. within 15 %. The observed shape of the differential flux versus momentum is slightly flatter than predicted in this calculation. The experimental accur...