Atmospheric structure and dynamics as the cause of ultraviolet markings in the clouds of Venus

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Dmitry V. Titov

Fredric W. Taylor

Håkan Svedhem

Nikolay I. Ignatiev

Wojciech J. Markiewicz

Giuseppe Piccioni

Pierre Drossart

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[1] Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS),Sub

[2] Max-Planck-Strasse 2,Department of Atmospheric

[3] 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau,undefined

[4] Germany ,undefined

[5] University of Oxford,undefined

[6] Oceanic and Planetary Physics,undefined

[7] Clarendon Laboratory,undefined

[8] Parks Road,undefined

[9] Oxford OX1 3PU,undefined

[10] UK,undefined

[11] ESA/ESTEC,undefined

[12] PB 299,undefined

[13] 2200AG Noordwijk,undefined

[14] The Netherlands ,undefined

[15] Space Research Institute (IKI),undefined

[16] 84/32 Profsoyuznaya Str.,undefined

[17] 117997 Moscow,undefined

[18] Russia ,undefined

[19] Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (INAF-IASF),undefined

[20] via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100,undefined

[21] 00133 Rome,undefined

[22] Italy ,undefined

[23] LESIA,undefined

[24] Observatoire de Paris,undefined

[25] 5 place Jules Janssen,undefined

[26] 92195 Meudon,undefined

[27] France ,undefined

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Nature | 2008年 / 456卷

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Details about the atmosphere on Venus are gradually emerging from the once apparently impenetrable global cloud cover. Simultaneous imaging in the ultraviolet and infrared by Venus Express provides a new view of the ultraviolet patterns seen in the cloud tops. The picture that emerges is one of dark low latitudes dominated by convective mixing in the sulphuric acid clouds, bringing unknown ultraviolet absorbers up from the lower atmosphere. The cloud-top morphology revealed in the southern hemisphere by Venus Express resembles that found earlier by Pioneer Venus and Venera-15 in the north, suggesting global symmetry between the two hemispheres.

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