Short-term cyclic variations and diurnal variations of the Venus upper atmosphere

Details Short-term cyclic variations and diurnal variations of the Venus upper atmosphere Short-term cyclic variations and diurnal variations of the Venus upper atmosphere

Jul 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979sci...205...62k&link_type=abstract

Science, vol. 205, July 6, 1979, p. 62-64.

Computer Science

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Atmospheric Composition, Diurnal Variations, Upper Atmosphere, Venus Atmosphere, Atmospheric Temperature, Daytime, Low Altitude, Lower Atmosphere, Night, Oxygen Atoms, Planetary Rotation, Stratosphere, Thermosphere, Density, Stratosphere, Pioneer Venus, Nightside, Venus, Oxygen, Atmosphere, Temperatures, Thermosphere, Vortex, Diurnal Variations, Exosphere

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The vertical structure of the nighttime thermosphere and exosphere of Venus was discussed. A comparison of the day and nighttime profiles indicates, contrary to the model of Dickinson and Riley (1977), that densities (principally atomic oxygen) dropped sharply from day to night. It was suggested either that the lower estimates were related to cooler exospheric temperatures at night or that the atomic bulge was flatter than expected at lower altitudes. Large periodic oscillations, in both density and inferred exospheric temperatures, were detected with periods of 5 to 6 days. The possibility that cyclic variations in the thermosphere and stratosphere were caused by planetary-scale waves, propagated upward from the lower atmosphere, was investigated using simultaneous temperature measurements obtained by the Venus radiometric temperature experiment (VORTEX). Inferred exospheric temperatures in the morning were found to be lower than in the evening as if the atmosphere rotated in the direction of the planet's rotation, similar to that of earth. Superrotation of the thermosphere and exosphere was discussed as a possible extension of the 4-day cyclic atmospheric rotation near the cloud tops.

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