A review of selected issues concerning the chemistry in Venus' middle atmosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1729-1740

  Mills, Franklin P ^a   Allen, Mark ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Chemical composition; Venus

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FREE RADICALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANETARY LANDERS; SPACE RESEARCH; SULFUR;

CHEMICAL CYCLES; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; SOPHISTICATED NUMERICAL MODELS; UNRESOLVED QUESTIONS;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

EID: 34748854213     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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