Large-scale quasi-two-dimensional turbulence and a inverse spectral flux of energy in the atmosphere of Venus

Abstract

The comparison of the theoretical inferences and the experimental data on large-scale turbulence in the atmospheres of the Earth and Venus, including those acquired with the Venus Express spacecraft, allows us to conclude that there is a inverse spectral flux of energy in the atmosphere of Venus, as in the terrestrial atmosphere, which participates in generating the superrotation of the atmosphere.