Venus wind and temperature structure: The Venera 8 data

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dc.contributor.authorAinsworth, J. E.
dc.contributor.authorHerman, Jay
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-06T15:05:59Z
dc.date.available2024-05-06T15:05:59Z
dc.date.issued1975-01-01
dc.description.abstractOur analysis of the Venera 8 measurements yields equatorial morning terminator horizontal and vertical winds that are similar in a number of respects to the winds we obtained from our analysis of the Venera 7 measurements. The lower boundary of the horizontal retrograde ‘4-day’ wind is defined by a 50–60% decrease in wind speed in the vicinity of 44 km, and there exists a retrograde wind ‘plateau’ of 15- to 40-m/s winds extending from 40 km down to the vicinity of 18 km, where the winds decrease rapidly to the order of 0.1 m/s near the surface. Updrafts of 2–5 m/s exist in the vicinity of 20–30 km and are apparently associated with a slightly superadiabatic lapse rate.
dc.description.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/JA080i001p00173
dc.format.extent7 pages
dc.genrejournal articles
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2fjhn-wuou
dc.identifier.citationAinsworth, J. E., and J. R. Herman. “Venus Wind and Temperature Structure: The Venera 8 Data.” Journal of Geophysical Research (1896-1977) 80, no. 1 (1975): 173–79. https://doi.org/10.1029/JA080i001p00173.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1029/JA080i001p00173
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/33621
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dc.titleVenus wind and temperature structure: The Venera 8 data
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