Water vapour in the lower atmosphere of Venus: A new analysis of optical spectra measured by entry probes

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 427-438

  Ignatiev, N I ^a   Moroz, V I ^a   Moshkin, B E ^a   Ekonomov, A P ^a   Gnedykh, V I ^a   Grigoriev, A V ^a   Khatuntsev, I V ^a  

^a Russian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0000467815     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(96)00143-2     Document Type: Article

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