Zonal and meridional circulation of the lower atmosphere of Venus determined by radio interferometry

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Dec 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980jgr....85.8026c&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 85, Dec. 30, 1980, p. 8026-8030.

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Venus, Zoning, Circulation, Atmosphere, Depth, Radio Methods, Rotation, Interferometry, Doppler Methods, Earth-Based Observations, Velocity, Wind, Probes, Pvm Mission, Altitude, Dayside, Nightside, Eddies, Clouds

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The results of the Pioneer Venus differential long-baseline interferometry experiment are presented. The velocity component of the Pioneer probes as they fell to the surface of Venus was calculated from the Doppler shift of the received signal, and the other two orthogonal components were determined by long-baseline interferometry. The ambient wind velocity was about 1 m/s or less near the surface of the planet and about 100 m/s at an altitude of about 65 km at all four probe locations. Strata of high wind shear were found at altitudes of 15, 45, and 60 km. The wind velocity was always directed within a few degrees of due west except at a few km above the surface. The dominant motion of the lower atmosphere seems to be a retrograde zonal rotation, and eddies appear to account for most of the instantaneous meridional velocity. The data suggest that, within the clouds, a thermally driven mean meridional circulation is superimposed upon the much more rapid zonal rotation.

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