Composition of the Venus mesosphere measured by Solar Occultation at Infrared on board Venus Express

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Vandaele, A C ^a   De Maziere M ^a   Drummond, R ^a   Mahieux, A ^a   Neefs, E ^a   Wilquet, V ^a   Korablev, O ^b   Fedorova, A ^b   Belyaev, D ^b   Montmessin, F ^c,d   Bertaux, J L ^c,d  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

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EID: 77952258919     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21699100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003140     Document Type: Article

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