Venus's southern polar vortex reveals precessing circulation

Science

Volumn 332, Issue 6029, 2011, Pages 577-580

  Luz, D ^a   Berry, D L ^b   Piccioni, G ^c   Drossart, P ^d   Politi, R ^c   Wilson, C F ^e   Erard, S ^d   Nuccilli, F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f INAF   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; SATELLITE MISSION; VENUS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENT; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955528660     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1201629     Document Type: Article

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