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A Simple Condensation Model for the H2SO4-H2O Gas-cloud System on Venus
Longkang Dai, Xi Zhang, Wencheng D. Shao +2
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 understan…
An Investigation of Libration Heating and the Thermal State of Enceladus's Ice Shell
Wencheng D. Shao, Francis Nimmo
Tidal dissipation is thought to be responsible for the observed high heat loss on Enceladus. Forced librations can enhance tidal dissipation in the ice shell, but how such libratio…
Local-time Dependence of Chemical Species in the Venusian Mesosphere
Wencheng D. Shao, Xi Zhang, João Mendonça +1
Observed chemical species in the Venusian mesosphere show local-time variabilities. SO2 at the cloud top exhibits two local maxima over local time, H2O at the cloud top is uniforml…
Revisiting the Sulfur-Water Chemical System in the Middle Atmosphere of Venus
Wencheng D. Shao, Xi Zhang, Carver J. Bierson +1
Sulfur-water chemistry plays an important role in the middle atmosphere of Venus. Ground based observations have found that simultaneously observed SO2 and H2O at ~64 km vary with…