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A review of the results of planetary atmospheres studies performed by Russian scientists in 2015–2018 prepared in the Commission on planetary atmospheres of the National Geophysical Committee for the National Report on Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences to the XXVII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (Montreal, June 8–18, 2019) is presented.
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Russian National Report. Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences: 2015–2018 for the XXVII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (Montreal, Canada, July 8–18, 2019) / Ed.: Mokhov I.I., Krivolutsky A.A.— Moscow: MAKS Press, 2019. 332 p. DOI 10.29003/m662.978-5-317-06182-1
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Korablev, O.I. Studies of Planetary Atmospheres in Russia (2015–2018). Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 56, 130–140 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433820020061
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