Dynamical properties of the Venus mesosphere from the radio-occultation experiment VeRa onboard Venus Express

Icarus

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 669-681

  Piccialli, A ^a,c   Tellmann, S ^b   Titov, D V ^a,c   Limaye, S S ^d   Khatuntsev, I V ^e   Patzold M ^b   Hausler B ^f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^f BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, dynamics; Radio observations; Venus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855348381     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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