scholarly journals Multivariate analysis of Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer (VIRTIS) Venus Express nightside and limb observations

Author(s):  
S. Erard ◽  
P. Drossart ◽  
G. Piccioni
Atmosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pietro Scarica ◽  
Itziar Garate-Lopez ◽  
Sebastien Lebonnois ◽  
Giuseppe Piccioni ◽  
Davide Grassi ◽  
...  

General circulation models (GCMs) are valuable instruments to understand the most peculiar features in the atmospheres of planets and the mechanisms behind their dynamics. Venus makes no exception and it has been extensively studied thanks to GCMs. Here we validate the current version of the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL) Venus GCM, by means of a comparison between the modelled temperature field and that obtained from data by the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer (VIRTIS) and the Venus Express Radio Science Experiment (VeRa) onboard Venus Express. The modelled thermal structure displays an overall good agreement with data, and the cold collar is successfully reproduced at latitudes higher than +/−55°, with an extent and a behavior close to the observed ones. Thermal tides developing in the model appear to be consistent in phase and amplitude with data: diurnal tide dominates at altitudes above 102 Pa pressure level and at high-latitudes, while semidiurnal tide dominates between 102 and 104 Pa, from low to mid-latitudes. The main difference revealed by our analysis is located poleward of 50°, where the model is affected by a second temperature inversion arising at 103 Pa. This second inversion, possibly related to the adopted aerosols distribution, is not observed in data.


1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis M. Reininger ◽  
Angioletta Coradini ◽  
Fabrizio Capaccioni ◽  
M. T. Capria ◽  
Priscilla Cerroni ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
pp. 103789
Author(s):  
Zhuo Li ◽  
Shaojuan Luo ◽  
Meiyun Chen ◽  
Heng Wu ◽  
Tao Wang ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
pp. 102823
Author(s):  
Magdalena Jędzierowska ◽  
Robert Koprowski ◽  
Sławomir Wilczyński ◽  
Dorota Tarnawska

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