The Runaway Greenhouse: A History of Water on VenusSource: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;1969:;Volume( 026 ):;issue: 006::page 1191Author:Ingersoll, Andrew P.
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1969)026<1191:TRGAHO>2.0.CO;2Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Radiative-convective equilibrium models of planetary atmospheres are discussed for the case when the infrared opacity is due to a vapor in equilibrium with its liquid or solid phase. For a grey gas, or for a gas which absorbs at all infrared wavelengths, equilibrium is impossible when the solar constant exceeds a critical value. Equilibrium therefore requires that the condensed phase evaporates into the atmosphere. Moist adiabatic and pseudoadiabatic atmospheres in which the condensing vapor is a major atmospheric constituent are considered. This situation would apply if the solar constant were supercritical with respect to an abundant substance such as water. It is shown that the condensing gas would be a major constituent at all levels in such an atmosphere. Photodissociation of water in the primordial Venus atmosphere is discussed in this context.
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contributor author | Ingersoll, Andrew P. | |
date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:15:09Z | |
date available | 2017-06-09T14:15:09Z | |
date copyright | 1969/11/01 | |
date issued | 1969 | |
identifier issn | 0022-4928 | |
identifier other | ams-15704.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4151406 | |
description abstract | Radiative-convective equilibrium models of planetary atmospheres are discussed for the case when the infrared opacity is due to a vapor in equilibrium with its liquid or solid phase. For a grey gas, or for a gas which absorbs at all infrared wavelengths, equilibrium is impossible when the solar constant exceeds a critical value. Equilibrium therefore requires that the condensed phase evaporates into the atmosphere. Moist adiabatic and pseudoadiabatic atmospheres in which the condensing vapor is a major atmospheric constituent are considered. This situation would apply if the solar constant were supercritical with respect to an abundant substance such as water. It is shown that the condensing gas would be a major constituent at all levels in such an atmosphere. Photodissociation of water in the primordial Venus atmosphere is discussed in this context. | |
publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
title | The Runaway Greenhouse: A History of Water on Venus | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 26 | |
journal issue | 6 | |
journal title | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences | |
identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0469(1969)026<1191:TRGAHO>2.0.CO;2 | |
journal fristpage | 1191 | |
journal lastpage | 1198 | |
tree | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;1969:;Volume( 026 ):;issue: 006 | |
contenttype | Fulltext |