JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017

Presentation information

[EJ] Oral

P (Space and Planetary Sciences) » P-PS Planetary Sciences

[P-PS06] [EJ] Results of Venus science with Akatsuki in orbit for 1.5 year

Sat. May 20, 2017 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Convention Hall B (International Conference Hall 2F)

convener:Takehiko Satoh(Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Takeshi Horinouchi(Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University), Masaru Yamamoto(Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University), Kevin McGouldrick(University of Colorado Boulder), Chairperson:Takehiko Satoh(Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

9:00 AM - 9:25 AM

[PPS06-01] Dynamics of superrotation of Venus atmosphere

★Invited papers

* Yoshihisa Matsuda1 (1.Tokyo Gakugei University)

Keywords:Venus atmosphere, superrotation, Akatsuki

Mechanisms producing superrotation of Venus atmosphere are discussed.The theories so far proposed are reexamined in view of recent results of GCM and observational results by "Akatsuki".