Cyclostrophic winds from the visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer temperature sounding: A preliminary analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Piccialli, A ^a   Titov, D V ^a,b   Grassi, D ^c   Khatuntsev, I ^b   Drossart, P ^d   Piccioni, G ^e   Migliorini, A ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Romania)

^c INAF   (Italy)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^e INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; INFRARED IMAGERY; MESOSPHERE; MONITORING SYSTEM; PHOTOGRAPH; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SPECTROMETER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VENUS; WIND FIELD; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 67651100690     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003127     Document Type: Article

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