A reanalysis of Venus winds at two cloud levels from Galileo SSI images

Icarus

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 469-477

  Peralta, J ^a   Hueso, R ^a   Sanchez Lavega A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Atmospheres; dynamics; Radiative transfer; structure; Venus

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548641064     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.03.028     Document Type: Article

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