| Abstract: | The Mariner 10 television cameras imaged the planet Venus in the visible and near ultraviolet for a period of 8 days at resolutions ranging from 100 meters to 130 kilometers. The general pattern of the atmospheric circulation in the upper tropospheric/lower stratospheric region is displayed in the pictures. Atmospheric flow is symmetrical between north and south hemispheres. The equatorial motions are zonal (east-west) at approximately 100 meters per second, consistent with the previously inferred 4-day retrograde rotation. Angular velocity increases with latitude. The subsolar region, and the region downwind from it, show evidence of large-scale convection that persists in spite of the main zonal motion. Dynamical interaction between the zonal motion and the relatively stationary region of convection is evidenced by bowlike waves. |
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| Citation Author: | Murray, B. C.; Belton, M. J. S.; Edward, Danielson, G.; Davies, M. E.; Gault, D.; Hapke, B.; O'Leary, B.; Strom, R. G.; Suomi, V.; Trask, N. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Venus: Atmospheric motion and structure from Mariner 10 pictures; 1974; Article; Journal; Science; Murray, B. C.; Belton, M. J. S.; Edward, Danielson, G.; Davies, M. E.; Gault, D.; Hapke, B.; O‘Leary, B.; Strom, R. G.; Suomi, V.; Trask, N. |
| Citation Start Page: | 1307 |
| Citation Volume: | 183 |
| Citation Year: | 1974 |
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| Text: | Venus: Atmospheric motion and structure from Mariner 10 pictures; 1974; Article; Journal; Science; Murray, B. C.; Belton, M. J. S.; Edward, Danielson, G.; Davies, M. E.; Gault, D.; Hapke, B.; O‘Leary, B.; Strom, R. G.; Suomi, V.; Trask, N. |
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| Date Other: | Tue, 1 Jan 1974 00:00 -0600 |
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