Variable winds on Venus mapped in three dimensions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Sánchez Lavega, Agustin ^a   Hueso, R ^a   Piccioni, G ^b   Drossart, P ^c   Peralta, J ^a   Perez Hoyos S ^a   Wilson, C F ^d   Taylor, F W ^d   Baines, K H ^e   Luz, D ^c,f   Erard, S ^c   Lebonnois, S ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Centro de Astronomia e Astrofisica da Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^g CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD LAYERS; CLOUD TRACKING; MERIDIONAL WINDS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; THREE DIMENSIONS; VENUS EXPRESS; ZONAL WINDS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ALTITUDE; SOLAR TIDE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VENUS; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND VELOCITY; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 53749102863     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033817     Document Type: Article

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