Martian dayglow as seen by the SPICAM UV spectrograph on Mars Express

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Leblanc, F ^a   Chaufray, J Y ^a   Lilensten, J ^b,d   Witasse, O ^c   Bertaux, J L ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Lab de Planetologie de Grenoble   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDE; EMISSION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SPECTRUM; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 33845681437     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002664     Document Type: Article

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