Water vapor abundance near the surface of Venus from Venus Express/VIRTIS observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Bezard, Bruno ^a   Tsang, Constantine C C ^b   Carlson, Robert W ^c   Piccioni, Giuseppe ^d   Marcq, Emmanuel ^a   Drossart, Pierre ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LATITUDE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPACECRAFT; VENUS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 67651108813     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003251     Document Type: Article

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