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Temperatures in a runaway greenhouse on the evolving Venus Implications for water lossSome aspects of the temperature structure of a runaway greenhouse on Venus are examined using one-dimensional radiative transfer techniques. It is found that there generally is a region high in the atmosphere where condensation and cloud formation can occur, while deep in the atmosphere the gas is strongly unsaturated with respect to water vapor. The necessity of including clouds introduces considerably uncertainty into the calculation of surface temperatures. Under reasonable assumptions concerning the clouds, temperatures deep in the atmosphere are high enough to produce a plastic or even molten surface, which may significantly ease the problem of explaining the loss of oxygen.
Document ID
19840051232
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Watson, A. J.
(Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom Plymouth, United Kingdom)
Donahue, T. M.
(Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom Plymouth, United Kingdom)
Kuhn, W. R.
(Michigan, University Ann Arbor, MI, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Volume: 68
Issue: 1 Ap
ISSN: 0012-821X
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
84A34019
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS2-9126
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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