Atmospheric structure and dynamics as the cause of ultraviolet markings in the clouds of Venus

Nature

Volumn 456, Issue 7222, 2008, Pages 620-623

  Titov, Dmitry V ^a,d   Taylor, Fredric W ^b   Svedhem, Håkan ^c   Ignatiev, Nikolay I ^a,d   Markiewicz, Wojciech J ^a   Piccioni, Giuseppe ^e   Drossart, Pierre ^f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

^e INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^f OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLOUD; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; VENUS; VERTICAL MIXING;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BRIGHTNESS; CLOUD; DYNAMICS; IMAGING; LATITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 57349185597     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07466     Document Type: Article

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