Large stationary gravity wave in the atmosphere of Venus
Large stationary gravity wave in the atmosphere of Venus
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Fukuhara, Tetsuya , Futaguchi, Masahiko , Hashimoto, George L. , Horinouchi, Takeshi , Imamura, Takeshi , Iwagaimi, Naomoto , Kouyama, Toru , Murakami, Shin-ya , Nakamura, Masato , Ogohara, Kazunori , Sato, Mitsuteru , Sato, Takao M. , Suzuki, Makoto , Taguchi, Makoto , Takagi, Seiko , Ueno, Munetaka , Watanabe, Shigeto , Yamada, Manabu and Yamazaki, Atsushi
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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The planet Venus is covered by thick clouds of sulfuric acid that move westwards because the entire upper atmosphere rotates much faster than the planet itself. At the cloud tops, about 65 km in altitude, small-scale features are predominantly carried by the background wind at speeds of approximately 100 m s
−1
. In contrast, planetary-scale...
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Large stationary gravity wave in the atmosphere of Venus
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Author / Creator
Futaguchi, Masahiko
Hashimoto, George L.
Horinouchi, Takeshi
Imamura, Takeshi
Iwagaimi, Naomoto
Kouyama, Toru
Murakami, Shin-ya
Nakamura, Masato
Ogohara, Kazunori
Sato, Mitsuteru
Sato, Takao M.
Suzuki, Makoto
Taguchi, Makoto
Takagi, Seiko
Ueno, Munetaka
Watanabe, Shigeto
Yamada, Manabu
Yamazaki, Atsushi
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1869223810
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1869223810
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1752-0894
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1752-0908
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10.1038/ngeo2873
