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1 online resource |
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ISSI scientific report series ; 11 |
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ISSI scientific report series ; 11.
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| Contents |
What do we know about Venus? -- History of Venus Observations / Roger-Maurice Bonnet, David Grinspoon, Angelo Pio Rossi -- The Surface and Atmosphere of Venus: Evolution and Present State / David Grinspoon -- Radiative Energy Balance in the Venus Atmosphere / Dmitrij V. Titov, Giuseppe Piccioni, Pierre Drossart, Wojciech J. Markiewicz -- Atmospheric Circulation and Dynamics / Sanjay S. Limaye, Miriam Rengel -- Modeling the atmospheric circulation of Venus -- The Dynamics and Circulation of Venus Atmosphere / Peter L. Read -- Modeling Efforts / Stephen R. Lewis, Jonathan Dawson, Sebastien Lebonnois, Masaru Yamamoto -- Models of Venus Atmosphere / Sebastien Lebonnois, Christopher Lee, Masaru Yamamoto, Jonathan Dawson -- Comparing Earth and Venus / Hauke Schmidt -- Outlook |
| Summary |
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°C, without which would plummet as low as -40°C), 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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Physics |
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Planetology |
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Astrophysics |
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Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences |
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Astronomy, Observations and Techniques |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
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Astrophysics.
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astrophysics.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
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Physique.
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Astronomie.
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Planets -- Atmospheres
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Planetary meteorology
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Atmosphere
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Meteorology
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| SUBJECT |
Venus (Planet) -- Atmosphere.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85142769
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Venus (Planet) -- Meteorology.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003011722
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| Subject |
Venus (Planet)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bengtsson, Lennart.
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| LC no. |
2012951841 |
| ISBN |
9781461450641 |
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1461450640 |
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1461450632 |
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9781461450634 |
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1283933845 |
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9781283933841 |
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