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Murray BC, Belton MJ, Danielson GE, et al. Venus: atmospheric motion and structure from mariner 10 pictures. Science. 1974;183(4131):1307-15doi: 10.1126/science.183.4131.1307.
Murray, B. C., Belton, M. J., Danielson, G. E., Davies, M. E., Gault, D., Hapke, B., O'leary, B., Strom, R. G., Suomi, V., & Trask, N. (1974). Venus: atmospheric motion and structure from mariner 10 pictures. Science (New York, N.Y.), 183(4131), 1307-15. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.183.4131.1307
Murray, B C, et al. "Venus: atmospheric motion and structure from mariner 10 pictures." Science (New York, N.Y.) vol. 183,4131 (1974): 1307-15. doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.183.4131.1307
Murray BC, Belton MJ, Danielson GE, Davies ME, Gault D, Hapke B, O'leary B, Strom RG, Suomi V, Trask N. Venus: atmospheric motion and structure from mariner 10 pictures. Science. 1974 Mar 29;183(4131):1307-15. doi: 10.1126/science.183.4131.1307. PMID: 17791373.
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Science. 1974 Mar 29;183(4131):1307-15. doi: 10.1126/science.183.4131.1307.

Venus: atmospheric motion and structure from mariner 10 pictures.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

B C Murray, M J Belton, G E Danielson, M E Davies, D Gault, B Hapke, B O'leary, R G Strom, V Suomi, N Trask

PMID: 17791373 DOI: 10.1126/science.183.4131.1307

Abstract

The Mariner 10 television camieras imaged the planet Venus in the visible and near ultraviolet for a period of 8 days at resolutions ranging from 100 meters to 130 kilometers. Tle general pattern of the atmospheric circulation in the upper tropospheric/lower stratospheric region is displayed in the pictures. Atmospheric flow is symmetrical between north and south hemispheres. The equatorial motions are zonal (east-west) at approxiimnately 100 meters per second, consistent with the previously inferred 4-day retrograde rotation. Angular velocity increases with latitude. The subsolar region, and the region downwind from it, show evidence of large-scale convection that persists in spite of the main zonal motion. Dynamical interaction between the zonal motion and the relatively stationary region of convection is evidenced by bowlike waves.

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