A warm layer in Venus' cryosphere and high-altitude measurements of HF, HCl, H2O and HDO

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7170, 2007, Pages 646-649

  Bertaux, Jean Loup ^a,b,e   Vandaele, Ann Carine ^c   Korablev, Oleg ^d   Villard, E ^a,b,e   Fedorova, A ^d   Fussen, D ^c,c   Quemerais E ^a,b,e   Belyaev, D ^d   Mahieux, A ^c   Montmessin, F ^a,b,e   Muller, C ^c,c   Neefs, E ^c   Nevejans, D ^c   Wilquet, V ^c   Dubois, J P ^a,b,e   Hauchecorne, A ^a,a,b,e   Stepanov, A ^d,d,f   Vinogradov, I ^d   Rodin, A ^d,g   Cabane, M ^a   Chassefiere E ^a   Chaufray, J Y ^a   Dimarellis, E ^a   Leblanc, F ^a   Lefevre F ^a   Rannou, P ^a   Van Ransbeeck, E ^c   Zasova, L ^d   Forget, F ^h   Lebonnois, S ^h   Titov, D ⁱ   Rafkin, S ^j   Durry, G ^k   Gerard J C ^l   Sandel, B ^m   more..

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^d Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^f MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^g MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^h LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^j Southwest Research Institute   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; WATER;

AEROSOL; CLOUD; CRYOSPHERE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; VENUS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER;

AIR; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; HEATING; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 36749073905     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05974     Document Type: Article

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