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A global traveling wave on VenusThe dominant large-scale pattern in the clouds of Venus has been described as a 'Y' 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.
Document ID
19920053676
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Smith, Michael D.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Gierasch, Peter J.
(Cornell University Ithaca, NY, United States)
Schinder, Paul J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Volume: 256
Issue: 5057,
ISSN: 0036-8075
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
92A36300
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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