Open AccessCharacterizing atmospheric waves on Venus, Earth, and Mars
Author(s) -
Wilson Colin F.,
Piccialli Arianna
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2012eo230008
Subject(s) - mars exploration program , venus , thermosphere , planetary science , atmospheric wave , atmosphere (unit) , gravity wave , mesoscale meteorology , astrobiology , atmosphere of venus , atmospheric circulation , atmosphere of mars , geology , environmental science , geophysics , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , gravitational wave , physics , astronomy , martian , ionosphere
Atmospheric Waves Workshop; Noordwijk, Netherlands, 9–10 November 2011 Experts in observations and modeling of atmospheric waves from the Earth and planetary atmospheric science communities came together at a November 2011 workshop held at the European Space Agency's (ESA) European Space Research and Technology Centre ( ESTEC) site in the Netherlands to discuss the nature of waves observed in Venus's atmosphere and their comparison to those on Earth and Mars. ESA's Venus Express (VEx) satellite and ground‐based observers find atmospheric waves at many scales. Migrating solar tides and other planetary‐ scale waves are observed in cloud‐ tracking wind vectors and temperature fields. Mesoscale gravity waves (GWs) can also be seen at a variety of levels from the cloud base up to the thermosphere, evident in imagery and in vertical profiles of temperature, density, and aerosol abundance. This workshop focused particularly on GWs, as their role in the atmospheric circulation is still poorly understood.