Shoemaker Lecture: The Atmosphere and Climate of Venus

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Dec 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006agufm.p41d..01t&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2006, abstract #P41D-01

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Venus is like another Earth, orbiting closer to the Sun. Its cloudy atmosphere reflects so much of the Sun's heat that, on simple energy balance grounds, we might expect Venus to be cooler than Earth. In fact, its surface glows with a dull red heat and some metals would be molten there. This fantastic case of global warming is due to a greenhouse effect very similar, though stronger, than that which is now threatening to overheat the Earth. What lessons should we draw from this? Can we explain the evolutionary tracks of Venus, Earth and Mars with a common paradigm? What key investigations should we be making, particularly in terms of space missions? The European Space Agency responded recently to calls from the scientific community there for a new mission to Venus, and produced the Venus Express orbiter. This has now been operating at Venus since April, and early results are beginning to flow. We discuss the interesting questions about Venus that Venus Express is addressing and discuss current and expected progress and remaining mysteries.

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