Monitoring Venus' mesospheric winds in support of Venus Express: IRAM 30-m and APEX observations

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1355-1367

  Lellouch, E ^a   Paubert, G ^b   Moreno, R ^a   Moullet, A ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b Institute de Radioastronomie Millimétrique IRAM Núcleo Central   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Dynamics; Spectroscopy; Venus

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOGRAPHY; TELESCOPES;

ATMOSPHERE; DYNAMICS; SPECTROSCOPY; VENUS; WIND FIELDS;

WIND;

EID: 51249098721     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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