Water vapour in the lower atmosphere of Venus: A new analysis of optical spectra measured by entry probes

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1159-1168

  Ignatiev, N I ^a   Moroz, V I ^a   Moshkin, B E ^a   Ekonomov, A P ^a   Gnedykh, V I ^a   Grigoriev, A V ^a   Khatuntsev, I V ^a  

^a Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0042733992     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00267-6     Document Type: Article

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