Microwave remote sensing of the temperature and distribution of sulfur compounds in the lower atmosphere of venus

Icarus

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 312-328

  Jenkins, Jon M ^a   Kolodner, Marc A ^b   Butler, Bryan J ^c   Suleiman, Shady H ^d   Steffes, Paul G ^e  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Atmospheres; Composition; Radiative transfer; Radio observations; Structure; Venus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036696755     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6894     Document Type: Article

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