The puzzling Venusian polar atmospheric structure reproduced by a general circulation model

Unlike some planets, the Venusian polar vortex is warmer than the mid-latitudes at cloud-top level, but the mechanism behind this is unknown. Here, the authors use a general circulation model and suggest the cold collar and warm polar regions are due to residual mean meridional circulation intensifi...

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Main Authors: Hiroki Ando, Norihiko Sugimoto, Masahiro Takagi, Hiroki Kashimura, Takeshi Imamura, Yoshihisa Matsuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10398