How Many Convective Zones Are There in the Atmosphere of Venus?

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Nov 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002sosyr..36..492m&link_type=abstract

Solar System Research, v. 36, Issue 6, p. 492-494 (2002).

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The qualitative characteristics of the vertical structure of the atmospheres of Venus and the Earth essentially differ. For instance, there are at least two, instead of one, zones with normal (thermal) convection on Venus. The first one is near the surface (a boundary layer); the second is at the altitudes of the lower part of the main cloud layer between 49 and 55 km. Contrary to the hypotheses proposed by Izakov (2001, 2002), the upper convective zone prevents energy transfer from the upper clouds to the subcloud atmosphere by ``anomalous turbulent heat conductivity.'' It is possible, however, that the anomalous turbulent heat conductivity takes part in the redistribution of the heat fluxes within the lower (subcloud) atmosphere.

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