Venus: Surface Temperature Variations

John S. Lewis Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Dept. of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

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Abstract

The enthalpy change in chemical reactions between atmospheric CO2 and Venus surface rocks is shown to provide an extremely effective mechanism for damping short-term temperature excursions in the lower atmosphere. It is shown that the diurnal temperature variation near the Venus equator is probably less than 0.05K

Abstract

The enthalpy change in chemical reactions between atmospheric CO2 and Venus surface rocks is shown to provide an extremely effective mechanism for damping short-term temperature excursions in the lower atmosphere. It is shown that the diurnal temperature variation near the Venus equator is probably less than 0.05K

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