Retrieval of air temperature profiles in the venusian mesosphere from VIRTIS-M data: Description and validation of algorithms

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 113, Issue E9, 2008, Pages

  Grassi, Davide ^a   Drossart, P ^b   Piccioni, G ^c   Ignatiev, N I ^d   Zasova, L V ^d   Adriani, A ^a   Moriconi, M L ^e   Irwin, P G J ^f   Negrao A ^a,g   Migliorini, A ^c  

^a INAF   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^d Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche ^*  (Russian Federation)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

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EID: 84888014289     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003075     Document Type: Article

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