US EditionKey Driver of Extreme Winds on Venus Identified
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Imagine the catastrophic winds of a category 5 hurricane. Imagine now even faster winds, more than 100 meters per second, encircling the planet and sweeping clouds into the sky, endless in sight. This scenario would be amazing on Earth, but it is as usual on Venus, where the atmosphere at the level of the clouds [...]
Key Driver of Extreme Winds on Venus Identified
Source: AGU Advances Imagine the catastrophic winds of a category 5 hurricane. Now, imagine even faster winds of more than 100 meters per second, encircling the planet and whipping clouds across the sky, with no end in sight. This scenario would be astonishing on Earth, but it’s business as usual on Venus, where the atmosphere at cloud level rotates about 60 times faster than the planet itself—a phenomenon known as superrotation. In contrast, Ea…
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