Numerical experiments on the general circulation of Venus' atmosphere

D. V. Chalikov; A. S. Monin; V. G. Turikov; S. S. Zilitinkevich

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v23i6.10530

Numerical experiments on the general circulation of Venus' atmosphere

Tellus

Volume 23 (1971): Issue 6

By: D. V. Chalikov, A. S. Monin, V. G. Turikov and S. S. Zilitinkevich

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|Jan 1971

Abstract

A number of numerical experiments on Venusian atmospheric circulation with a time-dependent two-layer primitive equations model was made. Both hot-house and Goody-Robinson radiation-transfer assumptions led to similar results: the major temperature differences (of the order of n à10^-1°C) occur between the day and night hemispheres; on the day side the air ascends and on the night side descends at a rate of n à10^° cm/sec; the typical wind velocity is close to 5 m/sec; the circulation is not disturbed by large-scale eddies.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v23i6.10530 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 483 - 488

Submitted on: Aug 16, 1971

Published on: Jan 1, 1971

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© 1971 D. V. Chalikov, A. S. Monin, V. G. Turikov, S. S. Zilitinkevich, published by Stockholm University Press
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