Amateur Observers Witness the Return of Venus’ Cloud Discontinuity

Amateur Observers Witness the Return of Venus’ Cloud Discontinuity

Firstly identified in images from JAXA’s orbiter <i>Akatsuki</i>, the cloud discontinuity of Venus is a planetary-scale phenomenon known to be recurrent since, at least, the 1980s. Interpreted as a new type of Kelvin wave, this disruption is associated to dramatic changes in the clouds’...

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Main Authors: Emmanuel (Manos) Kardasis, Javier Peralta, Grigoris Maravelias, Masataka Imai, Anthony Wesley, Tiziano Olivetti, Yaroslav Naryzhniy, Luigi Morrone, Antonio Gallardo, Giovanni Calapai, Joaquin Camarena, Paulo Casquinha, Dzmitry Kananovich, Niall MacNeill, Christian Viladrich, Alexia Takoudi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Atmosphere
Subjects:
terrestrial planets
Venus
atmosphere
atmospheric dynamics
atmospheric waves
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/13/2/348

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