Notes for editors
Photolysis of sulphuric acid as the source of sulphur oxides in the mesosphere of Venus, by Xi Zhang, Mao-Chang Liang, Franck Montmessin, Jean-Loup Bertaux, Christopher Parkinson and Yuk L. Yung, is published in Nature Geoscience today.
Venus Express’s instrument SPICAV stands for Spectroscopy for Investigation of Characteristics of the Atmosphere of Venus.
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Markus Bauer
ESA Science and Robotic Exploration Communication Officer
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Håkan Svedhem
ESA Project Scientist Venus Express
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Jean-Loup Bertaux, SPICAV Principal Investigator
LATMOS, Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin, France,
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Email: jean-loup.bertaux@latmos.ipsl.fr
Colin F. Wilson
Oxford University, UK
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