| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1782397 | Planetary and Space Science | 2006 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
In spite of many spacecrafts that visited Venus, chemical composition of the Venus atmosphere and clouds present many challenging problems in observation and theory. The following problems are briefly discussed below: (1) molecular oxygen above the clouds, (2) lightning, (3) the blue absorption in the clouds, (4) mode 3 particle controversy and the Vega X-ray fluorescent observations, (5) search for new chlorine and sulfur species, and (6) vertical and spatial variations of water vapor and CO.
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Authors
Vladimir A. Krasnopolsky,