NASA - NSSDCA - Data Collection - Details
These digital images from the Pioneer Venus Orbiter (PVO) Cloud Photopolarimeter (OCPP) experiment are in EBCDIC format records. There is one file of data for each image with approximately 100 images fitting on one magnetic tape.
NASA - NSSDCA - NMC - Data Collection - Query Results
Thursday, 31 October 2024. Data Collection Search Results. There were 116 data collections returned. Data Collection Name. Spacecraft: Experiment. High-Resolution Venus Gravity Data. Pioneer Venus Orbiter:Celestial Mechanics (OCM) Gravitational Potential Model of Beta Regio.
Pioneer Venus 1 - NASA Science
NASA's Pioneer Venus 1 was the first U.S. spacecraft to orbit Venus. It was the orbiter in a two-spacecraft orbiter-probe combination designed to study the atmosphere and surface of Venus. A second spacecraft carrying the probe was launched a few months later.
Cloud-tracked winds from Pioneer Venus OCPP images
Sep 1, 1990 · Results are presented on the analysis of the Pioneer Venus Orbiter Cloud Photopolarimeter (OCPP) UV images, covering 80-day periods from 1979 to 1985. The analysis provides a method for determining wind speeds at the …
NASA - NSSDCA - Experiment - Details
6 days ago · The Cloud Photopolarimeter (OCPP) used a simplified version of the Imaging Photopolarimeter (IPP) flown on Pioneers 10 and 11 to provide low-resolution, four-color maps of the Venusian cloud cover with a high-resolution imaging capability near apocenter.
Cloud-tracked winds from Pioneer Venus OCPP images - NASA …
Results are presented on the analysis of the Pioneer Venus Orbiter Cloud Photopolarimeter (OCPP) UV images, covering 80-day periods from 1979 to 1985. The analysis provides a method for determining wind speeds at the cloud level, from the motions of cloud UV features.
Pioneer Venus Project Information - NSSDCA
The Pioneer Venus Orbiter carried 17 experiments (with a total mass of 45 kg): a cloud photopolarimeter to measure the vertical distribution of the clouds. a surface radar mapper to determine topography and surface characteristics. an infrared radiometer to measure IR emissions from the Venus atmosphere.
NASA - NSSDCA - Data Collection - Details
This data set consists of black and white, full-disk images of Venus obtained from the OCPP experiment (recorded in the near UV) during the mission. A draft version of the experiment documentation accompanies the data.
Imaging and polarimetry with the Pioneer Venus Orbiter Cloud ...
The objective of the Orbiter Cloud Photopolarimeter (OCPP) on board the Pioneer Venus Orbiter spacecraft is twofold: (1) to determine the physical properties, vertical and horizontal distribution and the temporal variability of the haze and cloud aerosols on Venus; and (2) to record in images made in the near ultraviolet the varying cloud ...
Venus in motion: An animated video catalog of Pioneer Venus …
Jul 17, 1992 · Images of Venus acquired by the Pioneer Venus Orbiter Cloud Photopolarimeter (OCPP) during the 1982 opportunity have been utilized to create a short video summary of the data. The raw roll by roll images were first navigated using the spacecraft attitude and orbit information along with the CPP instrument pointing information.