Dynamic properties of the thermosphere inferred from Pioneer Venus mass spectrometer measurements

Details Dynamic properties of the thermosphere inferred from Pioneer Venus mass spectrometer measurements Dynamic properties of the thermosphere inferred from Pioneer Venus mass spectrometer measurements

Dec 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980jgr....85.7841m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 85, Dec. 30, 1980, p. 7841-7847.

Physics

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Venus, Thermosphere, Dynamics, Pvo Mission, Spacecraft Observations, Onms Instrument, Oims Instrument, Density, Transport, Rotation, Models, Turbulence, Diurnal Variations, Theoretical Studies, Temperature, Winds, Mesosphere, Exosphere

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The data obtained by the Pioneer Venus spectrometer experiments indicate that the day-night temperature contrast on Venus is associated with wind velocities of about 200 m/s which transport oxygen, helium, and hydrogen toward the night side. A mass exchange with the mesosphere commensurate with an eddy diffusion coefficient of 3 x 10 to the 7th is required to buffer the horizontal advection so as to reproduce the observed day time bulge in oxygen and the small diurnal variations in helium. The observed time response and magnitude of the day-night density variations require transport processes to be effective over time periods between five and ten days, implying a superrotation rate or prevailing winds in excess of 50 m/s at the equator. Nonlinear mass transport results in wave steepening and contributes to the amplification of the density extrema in hydrogen and helium.

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