April 27, 2007 LCANS SwRI Boulder Continuous observations of Continuous observations of the inner Solar System: the inner Solar System: Mapping Venus winds Mapping Venus winds Mark A. Bullock Eliot F. Young Southwest Research Institute Venus nightside at 2.3 m
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Continuous observations of the inner Solar System: Mapping Venus winds. Mark A. Bullock Eliot F. Young Southwest Research Institute. Venus nightside at 2.3 m m. The Atmosphere. Winds and General Circulation. Near-IR emission spectrum of Venus. May 4, 2004. Venus 2.3 m m. May 5, 2004. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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April 27, 2007 LCANS SwRI Boulder
Continuous observations of the inner Continuous observations of the inner Solar System: Mapping Venus windsSolar System: Mapping Venus winds
Mark A. Bullock
Eliot F. Young
Southwest Research Institute
Venus nightside at 2.3 m
April 27, 2007 LCANS SwRI Boulder
The AtmosphereThe Atmosphere
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Winds and Winds and General General
CirculationCirculation
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Near-IR emission spectrum of VenusNear-IR emission spectrum of Venus
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May 4, 2004 May 5, 2004 May 6, 2004
May 8, 2004 May 9, 2004
Venus 2.3 m IRTF
Eliot Young Mark Bullock
April 27, 2007 LCANS SwRI Boulder
Moving through an image cubeMoving through an image cube
60” spectrometer slit allowed to drift over Venus disk.
Pointing accuracy/stability: ±0.3 arcsec Minimum Sun angle: 10o
Temperatures• Structure at -40oC• LN2 for IR detector array
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ConclusionsConclusions
Continuous near-IR observations of Venus cloud motion necessary to understand the general circulation.
Synoptic view is highly complementary with VEX VIRTIS and VMC.
Continuous cloud tracking with balloon-borne 1 m imager and spectrometer for 10 weeks will allow simultaneous atmospheric motion maps and below-cloud CO, H2O, OCS maps.
These observations are key to understanding Venus’ atmospheric superotation.