Outstanding aeronomy problems at Venus

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 2006, Pages 1381-1388

  Witasse, O ^a   Nagy, A F ^b  

^a Research and Scientific Support Department   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeronomy; Airglow; Ionosphere; Upper atmosphere; Venus

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; IONOSPHERE; SOLAR SYSTEM;

AERONOMY; AIRGLOW; PLASMA TEMPERATURES; VENUS; VENUS EXPRESS;

PLANETS;

EID: 33750621828     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.04.028     Document Type: Article

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