Venus Atmosphere Profile from a Maximum Entropy Principle

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2006-09-24

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0609649v1

Nonlin.Proc.Geophys.14:641,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.5194/npg-14-641-2007

The variational method with constraints recently developed by Verkley and Gerkema to describe maximum-entropy atmospheric profiles is generalized to ideal gases but with temperature-dependent specific heats. In so doing, an extended and non standard potential temperature is introduced that is well suited for tackling the problem under consideration. This new formalism is successfully applied to the atmosphere of Venus. Three well defined regions emerge in this atmosphere up to a height of $100 km$ from the surface: the lowest one up to about $35 km$ is adiabatic, a transition layer located at the height of the cloud deck and finally a third region which is practically isothermal.

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