Venus atmospheric waves: A challenge for nonlinear dynamics

Details Venus atmospheric waves: A challenge for nonlinear dynamics Venus atmospheric waves: A challenge for nonlinear dynamics

Jan 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983phyd....6..241c&link_type=abstract

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, Volume 6, Issue 2, p. 241-248.

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Planetary-scale cloud patterns seen in ultraviolet images of Venus are produced by atmospheric waves traveling slowly with respect to the cloud-top winds. The cloud features often combine to produce a dark horizontal ``Y'' shape that encircles the planet. Linear wave theory and detailed observations of the waves show that the ``Y'' is a combination of two components-a midlatitude wave traveling somewhat slower than the winds and an equatorial wave moving slightly faster. However, nonlinear effects must be invoked in order to couple the two modes in such a way as to reproduce the observations.

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