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HDO and SO2 thermal mapping on Venus. II. The SO2 spatial distribution above and within the clouds
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201322264 Bibcode: 2013A&A...559A..65E

Encrenaz, T.; Atreya, S. K.; Bézard, B. +6 more

Sulfur dioxide and water vapor, two key species of Venus photochemistry, are known to exhibit significant spatial and temporal variations above the cloud top. In particular, ground-based thermal imaging spectroscopy at high spectral resolution, achieved on Venus in January 2012, has shown evidence for strong SO2 variations on timescales…

2013 Astronomy and Astrophysics
VenusExpress 35
Electron density distribution and solar plasma correction of radio signals using MGS, MEX, and VEX spacecraft navigation data and its application to planetary ephemerides
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219883 Bibcode: 2013A&A...550A.124V

Issautier, K.; Laskar, J.; Fienga, A. +3 more

The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS), Mars Express (MEX), and Venus Express (VEX) experienced several superior solar conjunctions. These conjunctions cause severe degradations of radio signals when the line of sight between the Earth and the spacecraft passes near to the solar corona region. The primary objective of this work is to deduce a solar corona…

2013 Astronomy and Astrophysics
MEx VenusExpress 34