February 26, 2020
Keio University
Kyoto Sangyo University
The University of Tokyo
A research group, including Assistant Professor Hiroki Ando of the Faculty of Science at Kyoto Sangyo University and Associate Professor Norihiko Sugimoto of the Department of Physics at Hiyoshi, Faculty of Law, Keio University, has acquired the global temperature distribution and atmospheric stability of Venus from below the cloud layer (40 km altitude) to above it (85 km altitude). This was accomplished through radio occultation observations using Japan's Venus Climate Orbiter "Akatsuki" and the European Space Agency's (ESA) Venus orbiter "Venus Express," a first in the history of Venus exploration.
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Published in: The online edition of the British scientific journal "Scientific Reports"
Paper title: Thermal structure of the Venusian atmosphere from the sub-cloud region to the mesosphere as observed by radio occultation
(Thermal structure of the Venusian atmosphere from the lower layers to the mesosphere as revealed by radio occultation observations)
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