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Venus: Atmospheric Motion and Structure from Mariner 10 Pictures | | Bruce C Murray
; Michael J S Belton
; G Edward Danielson
; Merton E Davies
; Donald Gault
; Bruce Hapke
; Brian O’leary
; Robert G Strom
; Verner Suomi
; Newell Trask
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29 Mar 1974 | | Journal: | Science, 183 (4131), 1307-1315 | | Abstract: | The Mariner 10 television camieras imaged the planet Venus in the visible and near ultraviolet for a period of 8 days at resolutions ranging from 100 meters to 130 kilometers. Tle general pattern of the atmospheric circulation in the upper tropospheric/lower stratospheric region is displayed in the pictures. Atmospheric flow is symmetrical between north and south hemispheres. The equatorial motions are zonal (east-west) at approxiimnately 100 meters per second, consistent with the previously inferred 4-day retrograde rotation. Angular velocity increases with latitude. The subsolar region, and the region downwind from it, show evidence of large-scale convection that persists in spite of the main zonal motion. Dynamical interaction between the zonal motion and the relatively stationary region of convection is evidenced by bowlike waves. | | Source: | PubMed, pmid17791373 doi: 10.1126/science.183.4131.1307 | | Services: | Forum | Review | Favorites | |
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