Superrotation of Venus' atmosphere analyzed with a full general circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Lebonnois, Sbastien ^a   Hourdin, Frdric ^a   Eymet, Vincent ^b   Crespin, Audrey ^a   Fournier, Richard ^b   Forget, Franois ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 77954486081     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003458     Document Type: Article

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