Venus: cloud level circulation during 1982 as determined from Pioneer cloud photopolarimeter images. 11. Solar longitude dependent circulation

Journal Article · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1988 · Icarus; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0019-1035(88)90094-2· OSTI ID:5236200

Limaye, S S

Pioneer Venus Orbiter images obtained in 1982 indicate a marked solar-locked dependence of cloud level circulation in both averaged cloud motions and cloud layer UV reflectivity. An apparent relationship is noted between horizontal divergence and UV reflectivity: the highest reflectivities are associated with regions of convergence at high latitudes, while lower values are associated with equatorial latitude regions where the motions are divergent. In solar-locked coordinates, the rms deviation of normalized UV brightness is higher at 45-deg latitudes than in equatorial regions. 37 references.

• Research Organization: Wisconsin Univ., Madison (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5236200
• Journal Information: Icarus; (United States), Journal Name: Icarus; (United States) Vol. 73; ISSN ICRSA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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640107* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Planetary Phenomena
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ATMOSPHERES
ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
CLOUD COVER
IMAGES
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PIONEER SPACE PROBES
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
PLANETS
POLARIMETERS
REFLECTIVITY
SPACE VEHICLES
SURFACE PROPERTIES
VEHICLES
VENUS PLANET