Measuring Venus' winds using the Absolute Astronomical Accelerometer: Solid super-rotation model of Venus' clouds

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1454-1466

  Gabsi, Younes ^a   Bertaux, Jean Loup ^b   Hauchecorne, Alain ^b   Schmitt, Jérôme ^c   Guibert, Stéphane ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE HAUTE PROVENCE   (France)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Doppler shift; High resolution spectroscopy; Venus; Winds

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ASTROPHYSICS; CLOUDS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT; ONTOLOGY; ROTATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; WIND;

DOPPLER SHIFT; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY; VENUS; WINDS;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 53149098169     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.07.016     Document Type: Review

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