Water vapor abundance in Venus' middle atmosphere from Pioneer Venus OIR and Venera 15 FTS measurements

Icarus

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 84-99

  Koukouli, Mariliza E ^a,b   Irwin, P G J ^a   Taylor, F W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abundances, atmospheres; Atmospheres, composition; Radiative transfer; Venus, atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144263272     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.08.023     Document Type: Article

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