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@article{2023Icar..38915272M,
author = {{Martinez}, A. and {Lebonnois}, S. and {Millour}, E. and {Pierron}, T. and {Moisan}, E. and {Gilli}, G. and {Lef{\`e}vre}, F.},
title = {{Exploring the variability of the Venusian thermosphere with the IPSL Venus GCM}},
journal = {\icarus},
keywords = {Venus, Thermosphere, Modeling, Composition, Solar cycle},
year = 2023,
month = jan,
volume = {389},
eid = {115272},
pages = {115272},
abstract = {{Recent simulations of the Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL) Venus
Global Climate Model (VGCM) developed at the Laboratoire de
M{\'e}t{\'e}orologie Dynamique (LMD) were performed with a model
top raised from {\ensuremath{\sim}}10$^{-5}$
({\ensuremath{\sim}}150 km) to {\ensuremath{\sim}}10$^{-8}$ Pa
(180-250 km; upper boundary). The parameterizations of non-LTE
CO$_{2}$ near infrared heating rates and of non-orographic
gravity waves were improved. In addition, a tuning of atomic
oxygen production was introduced to improve related effects
(heating and cooling) and resulting thermospheric number
densities. This work focusses on validating the modelled
thermospheric structure using data from the Pioneer Venus,
Magellan and Venus Express missions which cover similar and
complementary (equator and pole) regions at different periods of
solar activity, typically above altitudes of 130 km. This
version of the IPSL VGCM shows good agreement with the diurnal
evolution of the exospheric temperature at the equator
reconstructed from the atomic oxygen scale height of the Pioneer
Venus Orbiter Neutral Mass Spectrometer data. The model is also
able to reproduce the sensitivity of the exospheric temperature
and species density to the EUV flux of the solar high activity
period (from 180 to 230 solar flux unit; s.f.u). However, to fit
with the PV-ONMS density observations, it was necessary to
increase the photodissociation of CO$_{2}$ into CO and O above
135 km by a factor of 10. Indeed, our study points to the
importance of an additional source of oxygen and carbon monoxide
production above 130 km other than CO$_{2}$ photolysis to
explain the vertical profiles of CO and O number density in the
thermosphere. Moreover, the presence of a GW drag at altitudes
above 140 km has a significant impact on the nightside
temperature value and its distribution.}},
doi = {10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115272},
localpdf = {REF/2023Icar..38915272M.pdf},
adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023Icar..38915272M},
adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}