Self-consistent retrieval of temperature profiles and cloud structure in the northern hemisphere of Venus using VIRTIS/VEX and PMV/VENERA-15 radiation measurements

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-101

  Haus, R ^a   Kappel, D ^b   Arnold, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clouds; Infrared spectroscopy; Remote sensing; Thermal structure; Venus

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUDS; INFRARED IMAGING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPACITY; PARTICLE SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; SLIP FORMING; SPECTROMETERS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE PROFILES; CLOUD PARAMETER RETRIEVAL; INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER SIMULATIONS; SHORT-WAVELENGTH EMISSIONS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VENUS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84901852647     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2013.09.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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