Table 2. Cloud altitudes from radiative transfer modelling.
| Layer | Parameter | EZ | WS | DS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratospheric haze | P1 (mbar) | 10±10 | ||
| P2 (mbar) | 24±12 | |||
| τ1 (937nm) | 0.1±0.1 | |||
| mr | 1.43 | |||
| mi | 0.001 | |||
| a (μm) | 0.4±0.2 | |||
| b | 0.1 | |||
| Tropospheric haze | P3 (mbar) | 30±10 | ||
| P4 (mbar) | 300±100 | 600±300 | ||
| τ2 | 9±4 | 12±5 | ||
| ϖ0 (225 nm) | 0.84±0.03 | |||
| ϖ0 (336 nm) | 0.7±0.1 | |||
| ϖ0 (410 nm) | 0.85±0.02 | |||
| ϖ0 (502 nm) | 0.98±0.06 | |||
| ϖ0 (547 nm) | 0.99±0.05 | |||
| ϖ0 (>689 nm) | 1.000 | |||
| f | 0.8 | |||
| g1 | 0.8 | |||
| g2 | 0.3 | |||
| Bottom cloud | P5 (bar) | 1.4 | 1.0±0.3 | 5.0±4.0 |
| P6 (bar) | 1.5 | 2.0±1.0 | 5.0±4.0 | |
| τ3 | > 10 | |||
| ϖ0 | 0.998±0.001 | (1.000) |
EZ, equatorial zone; DS, dark spot; WS, white spot.