A dynamic upper atmosphere of Venus as revealed by VIRTIS on Venus Express
@article{Drossart2007ADU, title={A dynamic upper atmosphere of Venus as revealed by VIRTIS on Venus Express}, author={Pierre Drossart and Giuseppe Piccioni and J.‐C. G{\'e}rard and Miguel Angel Lopez‐Valverde and Agust{\'i}n S{\'a}nchez‐Lavega and L. V. Zasova and Ricardo Hueso and Fredric W. Taylor and Bruno B{\'e}zard and Alberto Adriani and Francesco Angrilli and Gabriele Arnold and Kevin H. Baines and Giancarlo Bellucci and Johannes Benkhoff and J. P. Bibring and Armando Blanco and Maria I. Blecka and Robert W. Carlson and Angioletta Coradini and Andrea Maria di Lellis and Th{\'e}r{\`e}se Encrenaz and St{\'e}phane Erard and Sergio Fonti and Vittorio Formisano and Thierry Fouchet and R. Garc{\'i}a and R. Haus and J. Helbert and Nikolay I. Ignatiev and P. G. J. Irwin and Yves Langevin and S{\'e}bastien Lebonnois and David Luz and Lucia Marinangeli and Vincenzo Orofino and Alexander V. Rodin and Maarten C. Roos‐Serote and Bortolino Saggin and Daphne M. Stam and Dmitrij V. Titov and Guido Visconti and Massimo Zambelli and Constantine C. C. Tsang}, journal={Nature}, year={2007}, volume={450}, pages={641-645} }
The upper atmosphere of a planet is a transition region in which energy is transferred between the deeper atmosphere and outer space. Molecular emissions from the upper atmosphere (90–120 km altitude) of Venus can be used to investigate the energetics and to trace the circulation of this hitherto little-studied region. Previous spacecraft and ground-based observations of infrared emission from CO2, O2 and NO have established that photochemical and dynamic activity controls the structure of the…
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