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IN this letter I draw attention to the possibility that the cellular convection observed by Mariner 10 in the subsolar region of the atmosphere of Venus may be related to laboratory studies of convection with internal heat generation.
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TRITTON, D. Internally heated convection in the atmosphere of Venus and in the laboratory. Nature 257, 110–112 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/257110b0
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