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A Global Traveling Wave on Venus

Author(s) -

M. D. Smith,

P. J. Gierasch,

P. J. Schinder

Publication year - 1992

Publication title -

science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556

H-Index - 1186

eISSN - 1095-9203

pISSN - 0036-8075

DOI - 10.1126/science.256.5057.652

Subject(s) - venus , atmosphere of venus , kelvin wave , momentum transfer , physics , atmosphere (unit) , scale (ratio) , momentum (technical analysis) , infrared , geophysics , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , astrobiology , astronomy , optics , quantum mechanics , scattering , finance , economics

The dominant large-scale pattern in the clouds of Venus has been described as a "gamma" or "Psi" and tentatively identified by earlier workers as a Kelvin wave. A detailed calculation of linear wave modes in the Venus atmosphere verifies this identification. Cloud feedback by infrared heating fluctuations is a plausible excitation mechanism. Modulation of the large-scale pattern by the wave is a possible explanation for the Y. Momentum transfer by the wave could contribute to sustaining the general circulation.

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