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Venus: Tickling the clouds

Even though a thick atmosphere stands between Venus's cloud top and its surface, recent observations now establish the impact of Venus's topography on its upper atmospheric dynamics. Understanding how this is possible will lead to substantial progress in atmospheric computer models.

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Figure 1: Thermal emission of Venus's cloud top as observed by the Longwave Infrared Camera on board Akatsuki.

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The author thanks S. Lebonnois for his insightful comments and remarks.

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Marcq, E. Venus: Tickling the clouds. Nat Astron 1, 0198 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-017-0198

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