Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
The component of rigid shell superrotation on Venus is discussed in the context of comparative planetary atmospheres. A simplified, heuristic analysis, utilizing mixed length theory to describe the small scale nonlinear advections of energy and angular momentum, thereby providing a closure of the dynamic system, is presented, on the basis of which a crude estimate of zonal velocity is made. The rigid shell (global average) component on Venus was calculated to be 105 m/sec.
Keywords:
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Type:
Advances in Space Research (ISSN 0273-1177); 5; 9, 19
Format:
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