Atmospheric circulation and dynamics

Towards Understanding the Climate of Venus: Applications of Terrestrial Models to Our Sister Planet

Volumn 11, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-70

  Limaye, Sanjay S ^a   Rengel, Miriam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 84960075982     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5064-1_5     Document Type: Chapter

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