Atomic oxygen distribution in the Venus mesosphere from observations of O2 infrared airglow by VIRTIS-Venus Express

Icarus

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 264-272

  Gérard, Jean Claude ^a   Saglam, Adem ^a   Piccioni, Giuseppe ^b   Drossart, Pierre ^c   Montmessin, Frank ^d   Bertaux, Jean Loup ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; composition; dynamics; Infrared observations; Venus

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649092396     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.09.016     Document Type: Article

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