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Sanjay S. Limaye is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their primary field of study is Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Physiology, and Ecology.

The scientist's research is primarily centered around topics including Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, Space Exploration and Technology, Spaceflight effects on biology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Limaye has contributed to various scientific publications. Recent papers include:

  • "Venus' Mass Spectra Show Signs of Disequilibria in the Middle Clouds" (2021), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "How waves and turbulence maintain the super-rotation of Venus' atmosphere" (2020), published in Science
  • "Thermal structure of the Venusian atmosphere from the sub-cloud region to the mesosphere as observed by radio occultation" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Venus, an Astrobiology Target" (2021), published in Astrobiology
  • "Potential for Phototrophy in Venus' Clouds" (2021), published in Astrobiology

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Limaye include:

  • Rakesh Mogul
  • M. J. Way
  • Takeshi Imamura
  • S. Tellmann
  • Takeshi Horinouchi

Limaye's work has been disseminated through several publication venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Astrobiology
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • Planetary and Space Science

Best Publications

  • Voyager 2 at neptune: imaging science results.

    B. A. Smith;L. A. Soderblom;D. Banfield;c. Barnet

  • Models of the structure of the atmosphere of Venus from the surface to 100 kilometers altitude

    A. Seiff;J.T. Schofield;A.J. Kliore;F.W. Taylor

  • Jupiter: New estimates of the mean zonal flow at the cloud level

    Sanjay S. Limaye

  • Structure and circulation of the Venus atmosphere

    G. Schubert;C. Covey;A. Del Genio;L. S. Elson

  • Cloud morphology and motions from Pioneer Venus images

    William B. Rossow;Anthony D. Del Genio;Sanjay S. Limaye;Larry D. Travis

  • Interior Structure of Neptune: Comparison with Uranus

    W. B. Hubbard;W. J. Nellis;A. C. Mitchell;N. C. Holmes

  • Venus' Spectral Signatures and the Potential for Life in the Clouds

    Sanjay S Limaye;Rakesh Mogul;David J Smith;Arif H Ansari

  • Cloud level winds from the Venus Express Monitoring Camera imaging

    I.V. Khatuntsev;M.V. Patsaeva;D.V. Titov;D.V. Titov;N.I. Ignatiev

  • Morphology and dynamics of the upper cloud layer of Venus.

    Wojciech Markiewicz;Dmitri Titov;Sanjay Limaye;Horst Uwe Keller

  • Venus Monitoring Camera for Venus Express

    W.J. Markiewicz;D.V. Titov;N Ignatiev;H.U. Keller

  • Venus atmospheric circulation: Known and unknown

    Sanjay Shridhar Limaye

  • Morphology of the cloud tops as observed by the Venus Express Monitoring Camera

    Dmitrij V. Titov;Wojciech J. Markiewicz;Nikolay I. Ignatiev;Li Song

  • Dynamics of Neptune's Major Cloud Features

    Lawrence A. Sromovsky;Sanjay S. Limaye;Patrick M. Fry

  • Implications of Titan's north-south brightness asymmetry

    Lawrence A. Sromovsky;Verner E. Suomi;James B. Pollack;Robert J. Krauss

  • Venus cloud top winds from tracking UV features in Venus Monitoring Camera images

    Richard Moissl;Igor Khatuntsev;Sanjay Limaye;Dmitry Titov

  • Circulation of the atmosphere from the surface to 100 km

    V.V. Kerzhanovich;S.S. Limaye

  • Cloud motions on Venus - Global structure and organization

    Sanjay Shridhar Limaye;Verner E. Suomi

  • McIDAS III: A Modern Interactive Data Access and Analysis System

    V. E. Suomi;R. Fox;S. S. Limaye;W. L. Smith

  • Initial performance of the radio occultation experiment in the Venus orbiter mission Akatsuki

    Takeshi Imamura;Hiroki Ando;Silvia Tellmann;Martin Pätzold

  • Dynamical properties of the Venus mesosphere from the radio-occultation experiment VeRa onboard Venus Express

    A. Piccialli;A. Piccialli;S. Tellmann;D.V. Titov;D.V. Titov;S.S. Limaye

  • Winds of Neptune - Voyager observations of cloud motions

    Sanjay S. Limaye;Lawrence A. Sromovsky

  • Earth-Based Observations of the Galileo Probe Entry Site

    G. Orton;J. L. Ortiz;K. Baines;G. Bjoraker

Frequent Co-Authors

Takeshi Imamura
Takeshi Imamura University of Tokyo
Nikolay Ignatiev
Nikolay Ignatiev Russian Academy of Sciences
Shigeto Watanabe
Shigeto Watanabe Hokkaido Information University
Masahiro Takagi
Masahiro Takagi Kyoto Sangyo University
Gerald Schubert
Gerald Schubert University of California, Los Angeles
David Crisp
David Crisp California Institute of Technology
Agustín Sánchez-Lavega
Agustín Sánchez-Lavega University of the Basque Country
Ann Carine Vandaele
Ann Carine Vandaele Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
Sushil K. Atreya
Sushil K. Atreya University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sébastien Lebonnois
Sébastien Lebonnois Sorbonne University

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