Quasi-Periodic Cloud Opacity Variation Associated with Vertical Winds Simulated by a Venus GCM

Hiroki Karyu1, Takeshi Kuroda1, Kazunari Itoh1, Akira Nitta1, Kohei Ikeda2, Masaru Yamamoto3, Norihiko Sugimoto4, Naoki Terada5, Yasumasa Kasaba6, Masaaki Takahashi7, Alexander S Medvedev8 and Paul Hartogh9, (1)Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, (2)NIES National Institute of Environmental Studies, Ibaraki, Japan, (3)RIAM/Kyushu Univ., Kasuga, Japan, (4)Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, (5)Tohoku University, Graduate School of Science, Sendai, Japan, (6)Tohoku University, Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Sendai, Japan, (7)Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, (8)Max Planck Inst Solar System R, Gottingen, Germany, (9)MPI for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany