Polar Temperature of Venus
W. A. Gale 1 and
A. C. E. Sinclair 1
1 Bellcomm, Inc., Washington, D.C. 20024
The presence of substantial polar cooling of Venus, as derived from microwave interferometry at 10.6 cm wavelength, is shown to be open to doubt. Other microwave measurements give little evidence for significant pole-ward variation in temperature on the planet.