Tropospheric carbon monoxide concentrations and variability on Venus from Venus Express/VIRTIS-M observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Tsang, Constantine C C ^a   Irwin, Patrick G J ^a   Wilson, Colin F ^a   Taylor, Fredric W ^a   Lee, Chris ^b   De Kok, Remco ^a   Drossart, Pierre ^c   Piccioni, Giuseppe ^d   Bezard, Bruno ^c   Calcutt, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^d INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; HADLEY CELL; INFRARED IMAGERY; PIXEL; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROMETER; TROPOSPHERE; VENUS;

EID: 67651122955     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003089     Document Type: Article

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