SPICAV on Venus Express: Three spectrometers to study the global structure and composition of the Venus atmosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1673-1700

  Bertaux, Jean Loup ^a   Nevejans, D ^b   Korablev, O ^c   Villard, E ^a   Quemerais E ^a   Neefs, E ^b   Montmessin, F ^a   Leblanc, F ^a   Dubois, J P ^a   Dimarellis, E ^a   Hauchecorne, A ^a   Lefevre F ^a   Rannou, P ^a   Chaufray, J Y ^a   Cabane, M ^a   Cernogora, G ^a   Souchon, G ^a   Semelin, F ^a   Reberac, A ^a   Van Ransbeek, E ^b   Berkenbosch, S ^b   Clairquin, R ^b   Muller, C ^b   Forget, F ^d   Hourdin, F ^d   Talagrand, O ^d   Rodin, A ^c   Fedorova, A ^c   Stepanov, A ^c   Vinogradov, I ^c   Kiselev, A ^c   Kalinnikov, Yu ^c   Durry, Georges ^g   Sandel, B ^e   Stern, A ^f   Gerard J C ^h   more..

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^c Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Aurorae and airglow; Composition; Occultation; Venus

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; HYDROGEN; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SENSORS; SOLAR ENERGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS; AURORAE AND AIRGLOW; OCCULTATION; VENUS;

INFRARED SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 34848899194     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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