Towards Understanding the Climate of Venus

Towards Understanding the Climate of Venus
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : 9781461450641
ISBN-13 : 1461450640
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Book Synopsis Towards Understanding the Climate of Venus by : Lennart Bengtsson

Download or read book Towards Understanding the Climate of Venus written by Lennart Bengtsson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-09 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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