Photopolarimetry analysis of the Venus atmosphere in polar regions

Icarus

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 569-585

  Sato, Makoto ^a   Travis, Larry D ^a   Kawabata, Kiyoshi ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 0030525277     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0231     Document Type: Article

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