Venera 15: Water vapour in the middle atmosphere of Venus

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1549-1558

  Ignatiev, N I ^a   Moroz, V I ^a   Zasova, L V ^a   Khatuntsev, I V ^a  

^a Space Res Inst Russ Acad S ^*  (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0041033690     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00170-2     Document Type: Article

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