Carbon monoxide emissions at 4.7 μ m from Venus' atmosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 2006, Pages 1398-1414

  Crovisier, Jacques ^a   Lellouch, Emmanuel ^a   de Bergh, Catherine ^a   Maillard, Jean Pierre ^b   Lutz, Barry L ^c   Bézard, Bruno ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Non LTE processes; Planetary atmosphere; Venus

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED RADIATION; SPECTROMETERS; TELESCOPES;

FOURIER-TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER; NON-LTE PROCESSES; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE TRAPPING; VENUS; VIBRATIONAL BANDS;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

EID: 33750606368     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.04.027     Document Type: Article

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