Venus Ionised Droplet Investigations

该项目将调查金星低层大气的电学特性及其对云层的影响，特别是利用金星13号和14号着陆器在1982年3月降落时在大气中进行的电学测量。这些着陆器携带的传感器记录了流向点电极的电流，从点电极可以看出带电气溶胶层的存在。要进一步解释这些结果，就需要详细了解传感器的运行情况，并对该项目将开展的金星离子-气溶胶-液滴环境进行建模。它还将为未来前往金星的任务评估新的电子传感器，由于磷化氢的发现，这变得更有可能。

This project will investigate the electrical properties of the Venusian lower atmosphere and their consequences for clouds, drawing particularly on the in-atmosphere electrical measurements made by the Venera 13 and 14 landers during their descents in March 1982. These landers carried sensors recording the electric current flowing to a point electrode, from which the existence of charged aerosol layers is implied. Further interpretation of these results requires a detailed understanding of the operation of the sensors, and modelling of the Venusian ion-aerosol-droplet environment which this project will undertake. It will also evaluate new electrical sensors for a future mission to Venus, which has become more likely due to the phosphine discovery.