The Venus nightglow: Ground-based observations and chemical mechanisms

Icarus

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Slanger, T G ^a   Huestis, D L ^a   Cosby, P C ^a   Chanover, N J ^b   Bida, T A ^c  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeronomy; Atmospheres; composition; Spectroscopy; Venus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645881927     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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