Title: Atmospheric winds on the cloud top level of Venus according to Venus Monitoring Camera images
Abstract: According to averaged latitude profile of winds at level of the upper clouds: The zonal speed is slightly increasing by absolute values from 90 on the equator to 105 m/s at latitudes —47 degrees; The period of zonal rotation has the maximum at the equator (∼5 earth days). It has the minimum (∼3 days) at altitudes —50 degrees. After minimum periods are slightly increasing toward the South pole; The meridional speed has a value ∼0 on the equator, and then it is linear increasing up to ∼ 10 m/s (by absolute value) at 50 degrees latitude. - denotes movement from the equator to the pole.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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