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 …

Models of the global cloud structure on Venus derived from Venus Express observations

JK Barstow, CCC Tsang, CF Wilson, PGJ Irwin… - Icarus, 2012 - Elsevier
Spatially-resolved near-infrared spectra from the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging
Spectrometer (VIRTIS) on Venus Express have been used to derive improved models of the …

Nightside winds at the lower clouds of Venus with Akatsuki/IR2: Longitudinal, local time, and decadal variations from comparison with previous measurements

J Peralta, K Muto, R Hueso, T Horinouchi… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present measurements of the wind speeds at the nightside lower clouds of Venus from
observations by JAXA's mission Akatsuki during 2016, complemented by new wind …

Vertical profiles of H2O, H2SO4, and sulfuric acid concentration at 45–75 km on Venus

VA Krasnopolsky - Icarus, 2015 - Elsevier
A method developed by Krasnopolsky and Pollack (Krasnopolsky, VA, Pollack, JB [1994].
Icarus 109, 58–78) to model vertical profiles of H 2 O and H 2 SO 4 vapors and sulfuric acid …

Performance of Akatsuki/IR2 in Venus orbit: the first year

T Satoh, TM Sato, M Nakamura, Y Kasaba… - Earth, Planets and …, 2017 - Springer
The first year (December 2015 to November 2016) of IR2 after Akatsuki's successful
insertion to an elongated elliptical orbit around Venus is reported with performance …

Venus's winds and temperatures during the MESSENGER's flyby: An approximation to a three‐dimensional instantaneous state of the atmosphere

J Peralta, YJ Lee, R Hueso, RT Clancy… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Even though many missions have explored the Venus atmospheric circulation, its
instantaneous state is poorly characterized. In situ measurements vertically sampling the …

Impact of the turbulent vertical mixing on chemical and cloud species in the Venus cloud layer

M Lefèvre, F Lefèvre, E Marcq… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Venusian atmosphere hosts a 10 km deep convective layer that has been studied by
various spacecrafts. However, the impact of the strong vertical mixing on the chemistry of this …

Quantification of middle and lower cloud variability and mesoscale dynamics from Venus Express/VIRTIS observations at 1.74 μm

K McGouldrick, TW Momary, KH Baines, DH Grinspoon - Icarus, 2012 - Elsevier
We present an analysis of VIRTIS-M-IR observations of 1.74 μm emission from the nightside
of Venus. The 1.74 μm window in the near infrared spectrum of Venus is an ideal proxy for …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery of a 150 day period in the Venus condensational clouds

K McGouldrick, CCC Tsang - Icarus, 2017 - Elsevier
We have analyzed the long-term regional and global variation of emitted radiance in 1.74 µ
m and 2.30 µ m near infrared spectral windows in the Venus atmosphere using the medium …

The legacy of Venus Express: highlights from the first European planetary mission to Venus

P Drossart, F Montmessin - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2015 - Springer
Abstract The ESA/Venus Express mission spent more than 8 years in orbit around Venus to
extensively study its atmosphere, ionosphere and plasma environment and unveil new …