Scattering particles in nightside limb observations of Venus' upper atmosphere by Venus Express VIRTIS

Icarus

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-57

  de Kok, R ^a   Irwin, P G J ^b   Tsang, C C C ^c   Piccioni, G ^d   Drossart, P ^e  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Composition; Infrared observations; Venus, Atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650927431     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.08.023     Document Type: Article

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