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most citedEquatorial jet in the lower to middle cloud layer of Venus revealed by Akatsuki

41 citations · 131 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

astro-ph.EP2022

Reflectivity of Venus' dayside disk during the 2020 observation campaign: outcomes and future perspectives

Yeon Joo Lee, Antonio García Muñoz, Atsushi Yamazaki +28

We performed a unique Venus observation campaign to measure the disk brightness of Venus over a broad range of wavelengths in August and September 2020. The primary goal of the cam…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 25 cited

A Long-lived Sharp Disruption on the Lower Clouds of Venus

J. Peralta, T. Navarro, C. W. Vun +19

Planetary-scale waves are thought to play a role in powering the yet-unexplained atmospheric superrotation of Venus. Puzzlingly, while Kelvin, Rossby and stationary waves manifest…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 34 cited

Planetary-scale variations in winds and UV brightness at the Venusian cloud top: Periodicity and temporal evolution

Masataka Imai, Toru Kouyama, Yukihiro Takahashi +9

Planetary-scale waves at the Venusian cloud-top cause periodic variations in both winds and ultraviolet (UV) brightness. While the wave candidates are the 4-day Kelvin wave and 5-d…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 31 cited

Return to Venus of the Japanese Venus Climate Orbiter AKATSUKI

Masato Nakamura, Yasuhiro Kawakatsu, Chikako Hirose +19

Japanese Venus Climate Orbiter/AKATSUKI was proposed in 2001 with strong support by international Venus science community and approved as an ISAS (The Institute of Space and Astron…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 41 cited

Equatorial jet in the lower to middle cloud layer of Venus revealed by Akatsuki

T. Horinouchi, S. Murakami, T. Satoh +15

The Venusian atmosphere is in a state of superrotation where prevailing westward winds move much faster than the planet's rotation. Venus is covered with thick clouds that extend f…