The thermal structure and dynamics of the atmosphere of Venus between 70 and 90 KM from the Galileo-NIMS spectra

Details The thermal structure and dynamics of the atmosphere of Venus between 70 and 90 KM from the Galileo-NIMS spectra The thermal structure and dynamics of the atmosphere of Venus between 70 and 90 KM from the Galileo-NIMS spectra

Apr 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995icar..114..300r&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 114, no. 2, p. 300-309

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Atmospheric Temperature, Gas Dynamics, Infrared Astronomy, Infrared Spectra, Temperature Distribution, Temperature Measurement, Venus Atmosphere, Wind Measurement, Wind Profiles, Atmospheric Circulation, Galileo Project, Galileo Spacecraft, Near Infrared Radiation

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An analysis of thermal profiles and dynamics over a wide range of latitudes for the venusian atmosphere between 70 and 90 km is presented based on high spatial resolution infrared spectra of the night side obtained by the near infrared mapping spectrometer (NIMS) experiment during the Galileo-Venus encounter in February 1990. Using the 4.3-micrometer CO2 absorption band, the temperature profile is retrieved in the 75- to 91-km altitude region over a latitudinal range of -59 deg to +64 deg. Compared to earlier observations from the Pioneer Venus mission, the temperature at 91 km is about 10 K higher and between 74 and 83 km about 3.6 K colder. An equator to pole warming at constant pressure levels is found and implications for the zonal wind profiles are drawn under the assumption that the atmosphere is in cyclostrophic balance in the region of 70 to 90 km. The results are in correspondence with direct wind measurements from ground-based observations at 95 km and 105 km altitude.

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