Variability of CO concentrations in the Venus troposphere from Venus Express/VIRTIS using a Band Ratio Technique

Icarus

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 432-443

  Tsang, C C C ^a   Taylor, F W ^a   Wilson, C F ^a   Liddell, S J ^a   Irwin, P G J ^a   Piccioni, G ^b   Drossart, P ^c   Calcutt, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Abundances; atmosphere; Atmospheres; atmospheres; dynamics; Spectroscopy; Venus

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349114571     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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