Clouds and hazes of Venus

DV Titov, NI Ignatiev, K McGouldrick, V Wilquet… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
More than three decades have passed since the publication of the last review of the Venus
clouds and hazes. The paper published in 1983 in the Venus book summarized the …

Microphysics of KCl and ZnS Clouds on GJ 1214 b

P Gao, B Benneke - The Astrophysical Journal, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Clouds in the atmospheres of exoplanets confound characterization efforts by reducing,
eliminating, and distorting the spectral signatures of molecular abundances. As such …

Phosphorus in the clouds of Venus: Potential for bioavailability

T Milojevic, AH Treiman, SS Limaye - Astrobiology, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Aerosol phase elements such as phosphorus (P), sulfur (S), and metals including iron (Fe)
are essential nutrients that could help sustain potential biodiversity in the cloud deck of …

Determination of the eddy diffusion in the Venusian clouds from VeRa sulfuric acid observations

L Dai, W Shao, H Gu, Z Sheng - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. The vertical eddy diffusion coefficient (K zz) characterizing the efficiency of vertical
atmospheric mixing is essential for 1D planetary atmospheric modeling, but poorly …

Bimodal aerosol distribution in Venus' upper haze from joint SPICAV-UV and-IR observations on Venus Express

M Luginin, A Fedorova, D Belyaev, F Montmessin… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Spectroscopic solar occultation measurements by the Spectroscopy for Investigation of
Characteristics of the Atmosphere of Venus/Solar Occultation at Infrared instrument …

One-dimensional Microphysics Model of Venusian Clouds from 40 to 100 km: Impact of the Middle-atmosphere Eddy Transport and SOIR Temperature Profile on the …

H Karyu, T Kuroda, T Imamura, N Terada… - The Planetary …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We conducted a simulation of H 2 SO 4 vapor, H 2 O vapor, and H 2 SO 4–H 2 O liquid
aerosols from 40 to 100 km, using a 1D Venus cloud microphysics model based on the one …

A Simple Condensation Model for the H2SO4‐H2O Gas‐Cloud System on Venus

L Dai, X Zhang, WD Shao… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The current Venus climate is largely regulated by globally covered concentrated sulfuric acid
clouds from binary condensation of sulfuric acid (H2SO4) and water (H2O). To understand …

Venusian cloud distribution simulated by a general circulation model

H Ando, M Takagi, N Sugimoto… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We construct a simple cloud model for a Venus general circulation model (GCM), which
includes condensable gases of H2O and H2SO4 vapors, and condensation, evaporation …

The Influence of Cloud Condensation Nucleus Coagulation on the Venus Cloud Structure

K McGouldrick, EL Barth - The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the Venus version of PlanetCARMA and demonstrate the significance of
coagulation properties on the structure of the Venus cloud system. The composition of the …

Instrumental requirements for the study of Venus' cloud top using the UV imaging spectrometer VeSUV

E Marcq, F Montmessin, J Lasue, B Bézard… - Advances in Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultraviolet spectral imaging has been a powerful tool to investigate the cloud top of Venus,
allowing for measurement of several minor gases (especially SO 2, SO, O 3), of cloud top …