Analysis of the radiative budget of the Venusian atmosphere based on infrared Net Exchange Rate formalism

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1186-1200

  Lebonnois, Sébastien ^a   Eymet, Vincent ^b   Lee, Christopher ^c   Vatant D'Ollone, Jan ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b Méso Star SAS   (France)

^c Ashima Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Net Exchange Rate analysis; radiative transfer; Venus atmosphere

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; ENERGY BALANCE; INFRARED RADIATION; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VENUS;

VENUSIA;

EID: 84948578931     PISSN: 21699097     EISSN: 21699100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JE004794     Document Type: Article

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