Structure of the Venus middle atmosphere: Venera 15 Fourier spectrometry data revisited

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1559-1568

  Zasova, L V ^a   Khatountsev, I A ^a   Moroz, V I ^a   Ignatiev, N I ^a  

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

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EID: 0008222575     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00169-6     Document Type: Article

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