Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991icar...94...45g&link_type=abstract
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 94, Nov. 1991, p. 45-63. Research supported by Smithsonian Institution.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Infrared Spectroscopy, Thermosphere, Venus Atmosphere, Wind Velocity Measurement, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Diurnal Variations, Heterodyning
Scientific paper
NASA's IR Telescope Facility and the McMath Solar Telescope have yielded absolute wind velocities in the Venus thermosphere for December 1985 to March 1987 with sufficient spatial resolution for circulation model discrimination. A qualitative analysis of beam-integrated winds indicates subsolar-to-antisolar circulation in the lower thermosphere; horizontal wind velocity was derived from a two-parameter model wind field of subsolar-antisolar and zonal components. A unique model fit common to all observing periods possessed 120 m/sec subsolar-antisolar and 25 m/sec zonal retrograde components, consistent with the Bougher et al. (1986, 1988) hydrodynamical models for 110 km.
Deming Drake
Espenak Fred
Goldstein Jeffrey Jay
Kostiuk Theodor,
Mumma Michael J.
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