In situ observations of waves in Venus's polar lower thermosphere with Venus Express aerobraking
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3733
Bibcode: 2016NatPh..12..767M
Svedhem, Håkan; Bruinsma, Sean; Marty, Jean-Charles; Müller-Wodarg, Ingo C. F.
United Kingdom, France, Netherlands
Abstract
The final stage of the Venus Express mission involved aerobraking — or deceleration by atmospheric drag — through the upper atmosphere above the northern pole of Venus. Concurrent measurements revealed two kinds of waves.
2016
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Nature Physics
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