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Towards Understanding the Climate of Venus - Applications of Terrestrial Models to Our Sister Planet (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
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Towards Understanding the Climate of Venus - Applications of Terrestrial Models to Our Sister Planet (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Series: ISSI Scientific Report Series, 11
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ESA's Venus Express Mission has monitored Venus since April 2006,
and scientists worldwide have used mathematical models to
investigate its atmosphere and model its circulation. This book
summarizes recent work to explore and understand the climate of the
planet through a research program under the auspices of the
International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, Switzerland.
Some of the unique elements that are discussed are the anomalies
with Venus' surface temperature (the huge greenhouse effect causes
the surface to rise to 460 DegreesC, without which would plummet as
low as -40 DegreesC), its unusual lack of solar radiation (despite
being closer to the Sun, Venus receives less solar radiation than
Earth due to its dense cloud cover reflecting 76% back) and the
juxtaposition of its atmosphere and planetary rotation (wind speeds
can climb up to 200 m/s, much faster than Venus' sidereal day of
243 Earth-days).
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