Table 1 Experimental settings of the simulation runs

From: Planetary-scale streak structure reproduced in high-resolution simulations of the Venus atmosphere with a low-stability layer

Run

Solar heating

Stability (K km−1)

Altitude range (km)

STD

with diurnal variation

0.1

55–60

ZS0

zonally symmetric

0.1

55–60

ZS2

zonally symmetric

2.0

50–65

ZS4

zonally symmetric

4.0

45–70

  1. The right two columns show the static stability and the altitude range of the low-stability layer given in the basic temperature profile for Newtonian cooling shown by dashed lines in Fig. 3. See Methods for the details of the solar heating and the low-stability layer
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