Structure of the Venus neutral atmosphere as observed by the Radio Science experiment VeRa on Venus Express

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Tellmann, Silvia ^a,b,c,d   Pätzold, Martin ^a,b,c,d   Häusler, Bernd ^a,b,c,d   Bird, Michael K ^a,b,c,d   Leonard Tyler, G ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPOPAUSE; VENUS;

VENUSIA;

EID: 77952251984     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003204     Document Type: Article

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