Insights on Venus’Cloud Top Chemistry, Convective Activity and Topographyfrom HST

Kandis-Lea Jessup (1) , Emmanuel Marcq (2) , Jean-Loup Bertaux (2) , Franklin P. Mills (3, 4) , Sanjay Limaye (5) , Anthony Roman (6)

1 SwRI - Southwest Research Institute [Boulder]
2 PLANETO - LATMOS
3 ANU - Australian National University
4 SSI - Space Science Institute [Boulder]
5 University of Wisconsin-Madison
6 STSci - Space Telescope Science Institute

Based on the HSTobserved LST and latitude albedo variations we conclude that topography impacts the vertical distribution of Venus’ unidentified absorber(s) through both large and small-scale mixing processes. As this (these) species have a direct impact on Venus’ radiative balance, climate and cloud super-rotation, we strongly advocate for future observations that can uniquely and contemporaneously characterize Venus’ cloud top albedo and chemistry relative to Venus’ underlying surface topography and zonal cloud motions

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

Kandis-Lea Jessup, Emmanuel Marcq, Jean-Loup Bertaux, Franklin P. Mills, Sanjay Limaye, et al.. Insights on Venus’Cloud Top Chemistry, Convective Activity and Topographyfrom HST. EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019, Sep 2019, Geneva, Switzerland. pp.EPSC-DPS2019-672-2. ⟨insu-02298461⟩