Validation of the IPSL Venus GCM thermal structure with VIRTIS data

International audience; The understanding of the mechanisms behind the planetary atmospheres along with their dynamics and structure, relies on General Circulation Models (GCMs). Here we compare the thermal structure from the latest version of the LMDZ Venus GCM developed at the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique of Paris, against the one retrieved by VIRTIS, the Imaging Spectrometer flown on board the ESA Venus Express mission.