Morphology and dynamics of the upper cloud layer of Venus

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7170, 2007, Pages 633-636

  Markiewicz, W J ^a   Titov, D V ^a,b   Limaye, S S ^c   Keller, H U ^a   Ignatiev, N ^b   Jaumann, R ^d   Thomas, N ^e   Michalik, H ^f   Moissl, R ^a   Russo, P ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e Physikalisches Institut ^*  (Switzerland)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CLOUD; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MORPHOLOGY; SULFURIC ACID; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VENUS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CLOUD; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; VELOCITY;

EID: 36749078618     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06320     Document Type: Article

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