ID - 131511940 TI - Towards Understanding the Climate of Venus : Applications of Terrestrial Models to Our Sister Planet AU - Bengtsson, Lennart AU - Bonnet, Roger-Maurice AU - Grinspoon, David AU - Koumoutsaris, Symeon AU - Lebonnois, Sebastien AU - Titov, Dmitri PY - 2013 SN - 9781461450641 9781461450634 9781489988102 PB - New York, NY Springer DB - UniCat KW - Space research KW - Solar system KW - Astrophysics KW - Astronomy KW - Physics KW - zonnestelsel KW - astrofysica KW - fysica KW - planeten KW - ruimtevaart KW - astronomie KW - Vénus (planète) KW - Climatologie des planètes KW - Atmosphère. KW - Modèles mathématiques. KW - Simulation, Méthodes de. KW - Venus (Planet) KW - Atmosphere. KW - Meteorology. KW - Climate KW - Simulation methods. KW - Mathematical models. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131511940 AB - ESA’s Venus Express Mission has monitored Venus since April 2006, and scientists worldwide have used mathematical models to investigate its atmosphere and model its circulation. This book summarizes recent work to explore and understand the climate of the planet through a research program under the auspices of the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, Switzerland. Some of the unique elements that are discussed are the anomalies with Venus’ surface temperature (the huge greenhouse effect causes the surface to rise to 460°C, without which would plummet as low as -40°C), its unusual lack of solar radiation (despite being closer to the Sun, Venus receives less solar radiation than Earth due to its dense cloud cover reflecting 76% back) and the juxtaposition of its atmosphere and planetary rotation (wind speeds can climb up to 200 m/s, much faster than Venus’ sidereal day of 243 Earth-days). ER -