Structure of the Venus atmosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1712-1728

  Zasova, L V ^a,b   Ignatiev, N ^a,b   Khatuntsev, I ^a   Linkin, V ^a  

^a IKI RAS ^*  (Russian Federation)

^b INAF   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clouds; Sulfur dioxide; Temperature; Tide; Venus; Water vapor; Wind

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PLANETARY LANDERS; SPACE PROBES; SPACE RESEARCH; SPECTROMETERS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIDES; WATER VAPOR; WAVELENGTH;

PLANETARY FOURIER SPECTROMETER; SPACE INVESTIGATIONS; VENUS INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE ATMOSPHERE (VIRA) MODEL; WAVELENGTH CHANNEL;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

EID: 34748910536     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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