A layer of ozone detected in the nightside upper atmosphere of Venus

Icarus

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-85

  Montmessin, F ^a   Bertaux, J L ^a   Lefevre F ^a   Marcq, E ^a   Belyaev, D ^a,b   Gerard J C ^c   Korablev, O ^b   Fedorova, A ^b   Sarago, V ^a   Vandaele, A C ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Chemistry; Atmospheres, Composition; Occultations; Spectroscopy; Venus, Atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052755697     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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