Global-scale winds at the Venus cloud-top inferred from cloud streak orientations

Icarus

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 313-323

  Smith, Michael D ^a,b   Gierasch, Peter J ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0030268599     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0160     Document Type: Article

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