Winds and cloud morphology in the southern polar region of Venus

Spinning on average 60 times faster than the surface, the atmosphere of Venus is superrotational, a state in which the averaged angular momentum is much greater than that corresponding to co-rotation with the solid globe. The rapid mean flow, which is main- tained by momentum transports in the deep...

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Main Author: Luz, David (author)
Other Authors: Berry, David L. (author), Peralta, Javier (author), Piccioni, Giuseppe (author), Drossart, Pierre (author), VIRTIS-Venus Express Team (author)
Format: lecture
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/6911
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/6911