Imperial College London
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Professor in Physics Ingo Mueller-Wodarg

Faculty of Natural Sciences

Faculty Senior Tutor, Faculty of Natural Sciences
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7674i.mueller-wodarg Website

 
 
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6M57Huxley BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Müller-Wodarg:2016:10.1038/nphys3733,
author = {Müller-Wodarg, ICF and Bruinsma, S and Marty, J-C and Svedhem, H},
doi = {10.1038/nphys3733},
journal = {Nature Physics},
pages = {767--771},
title = {In situ observations of waves in Venus’s polar lower thermosphere with Venus Express aerobraking},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphys3733},
volume = {12},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Waves are ubiquitous phenomena found in oceans and atmospheres alike. From the earliest formal studies of waves in the Earth’s atmosphere to more recent studies on other planets, waves have been shown to play a key role in shaping atmospheric bulk structure, dynamics and variability1, 2, 3, 4. Yet, waves are difficult to characterize as they ideally require in situ measurements of atmospheric properties that are difficult to obtain away from Earth. Thus, we have incomplete knowledge of atmospheric waves on planets other than our own, and we are thereby limited in our ability to understand and predict planetary atmospheres. Here we report the first ever in situ observations of atmospheric waves in Venus’s thermosphere (130–140 km) at high latitudes (71.5°–79.0°). These measurements were made by the Venus Express Atmospheric Drag Experiment (VExADE)5 during aerobraking from 24 June to 11 July 2014. As the spacecraft flew through Venus’s atmosphere, deceleration by atmospheric drag was sufficient to obtain from accelerometer readings a total of 18 vertical density profiles. We infer an average temperature of T = 114 ± 23 K and find horizontal wave-like density perturbations and mean temperatures being modulated at a quasi-5-day period.
AU  - Müller-Wodarg,ICF
AU  - Bruinsma,S
AU  - Marty,J-C
AU  - Svedhem,H
DO  - 10.1038/nphys3733
EP  - 771
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1745-2481
SP  - 767
TI  - In situ observations of waves in Venus’s polar lower thermosphere with Venus Express aerobraking
T2  - Nature Physics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphys3733
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/32821
VL  - 12
ER  -
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