TY - JOUR
T1 - Vortex circulation on Venus
T2 - Dynamical similarities with terrestrial hurricanes
AU - Limaye, Sanjay S.
AU - Kossin, James P.
AU - Rozoff, Christopher
AU - Piccioni, Giuseppe
AU - Titov, Dmitry V.
AU - Markiewicz, Wojciech J.
PY - 2009/2/28
Y1 - 2009/2/28
N2 - Some dynamical and morphological similarities exist between the vortex organization of the atmosphere in the northern and southern hemispheres of Venus and the tropical cyclones/hurricanes on Earth. An S-shape feature detected in the center of the vortices on Venus from Pioneer Venus Orbiter and Venus Express observations has also been seen in tropical cyclones. This feature can be simulated with an idealized nonlinear and non-divergent barotropic model and, like in the vortices on Venus and in tropical cyclones, it is found to be transient. Given the challenges in measuring the deep, atmospheric circulation of Venus, the morphological similarities provide clues toward understanding the processes involved in the maintenance of Venus' atmospheric super rotation. Citation: Limaye, S. S., J. P. Kossin, C. Rozoff, G. Piccioni, D. V. Titov, and W. J. Markiewicz (2009), Vortex circulation on Venus: Dynamical similarities with terrestrial hurricanes, Geophys, Res. Lett., 36, L04204.
AB - Some dynamical and morphological similarities exist between the vortex organization of the atmosphere in the northern and southern hemispheres of Venus and the tropical cyclones/hurricanes on Earth. An S-shape feature detected in the center of the vortices on Venus from Pioneer Venus Orbiter and Venus Express observations has also been seen in tropical cyclones. This feature can be simulated with an idealized nonlinear and non-divergent barotropic model and, like in the vortices on Venus and in tropical cyclones, it is found to be transient. Given the challenges in measuring the deep, atmospheric circulation of Venus, the morphological similarities provide clues toward understanding the processes involved in the maintenance of Venus' atmospheric super rotation. Citation: Limaye, S. S., J. P. Kossin, C. Rozoff, G. Piccioni, D. V. Titov, and W. J. Markiewicz (2009), Vortex circulation on Venus: Dynamical similarities with terrestrial hurricanes, Geophys, Res. Lett., 36, L04204.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/66149161984
U2 - 10.1029/2008GL036093
DO - 10.1029/2008GL036093
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:66149161984
SN - 0094-8276
VL - 36
JO - Geophysical Research Letters
JF - Geophysical Research Letters
IS - 4
M1 - L04204
ER -