Upper limits for H 2SO 4 in the mesosphere of Venus

Icarus

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 839-844

  Sandor, Brad J ^a   Clancy, R Todd ^a   Moriarty Schieven, Gerald ^b  

^a Center for Exoplanetary Systems   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abundances; Atmospheres; Photochemistry; Venus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855340833     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.03.032     Document Type: Article

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