Cyclostrophic winds from the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer temperature sounding: A preliminary analysis

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Oct 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008jgre..11300b11p&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 113, Issue 2, CiteID E00B11

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Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Venus, Atmospheric Processes: Mesospheric Dynamics, Atmospheric Processes: Remote Sensing

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Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer (VIRTIS) onboard the Venus Express spacecraft has been operating since April 2006 providing new observations of the temperature structure of Venus mesosphere (60-95 km). Zonal winds in the middle atmosphere of Venus have been retrieved from VIRTIS temperature profiles using the cyclostrophic approximation. The wind field is characterized by three main features: (1) a midlatitude jet connected to the thermal feature known as the cold collar; the jet reaches a maximum speed of 80-90 +/- 10 m/s near the cloud top (~70 km altitude) at 50°S latitude; (2) a strong decrease of wind from 60°S toward the pole reaching zero velocity at ~70°S and (3) the decrease of the wind above the jet with increasing altitude. Local time dependence of the temperature and wind field has been analyzed. Temperatures show at cloud tops a cooling of ~15 K during the night which propagates also on the zonal wind field. Comparison with cloud-tracked winds from Venus Monitoring Camera images indicates a first-order agreement.

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