Photolysis of sulphuric acid as the source of sulphur oxides in the mesosphere of Venus

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 834-837

  Zhang, Xi ^a   Liang, Mao Chang ^b,c,d   Montmessin, Franck ^e,f   Bertaux, Jean Loup ^e,f   Parkinson, Christopher ^g   Yung, Yuk L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLOUD COVER; HADLEY CELL; MIXING RATIO; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACID; VAPOR PRESSURE; VENUS;

VENUSIA;

EID: 78649856905     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo989     Document Type: Article

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