Abstract
Absorption and polarization line profiles as well as the curves of growth in the integrated light of a planet over the whole range of phase angles have been computed assuming a semi-infinite atmosphere scattering according to Rayleigh’s phase-matrix which takes polarization into account. The relative change in line depth and equivalent widths qualitatively agree with the observations of the CO2 bands in Venus reported by Young, Schorn and Young (1980). It is pointed out that the bands might be formed in a part of the atmosphere which is different from that where continuum polarization originates.
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Bhatia, R.K., Abhyankar, K.D. Intensity and polarization line profiles in a semi-infinite Rayleigh-scattering planetary atmosphere. I. Integrated flux. J Astrophys Astron 3, 303–324 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02714869
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