Altimetry of the Venus cloud tops from the venus express observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Ignatiev, N I ^d   Titov, D V ^f   Piccioni, G ^g   Drossart, P ^c   Markiewicz, W J ^f   Cottini, V ^b   Roatsch, Th ^h   Almeida, M ^a   Manoel, N ^e  

^a ESAC   (Spain)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^d Space Research Institute for Russian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^g INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^h GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUD; INFRARED IMAGERY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; POLAR REGION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPACECRAFT; VENUS;

EID: 77649232535     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003320     Document Type: Article

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