Near-Infrared Light from Venus' Nightside: A Spectroscopic Analysis

Icarus

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 1-42

  Pollack, James B ^a,b   Dalton, J Brad ^a,b,c   Grinspoon, David ^a,b,c   Wattson, Richard B ^b,d   Freedman, Richard ^b,e   Crisp, David ^b,f   Allen, David A ^b,g   Bezard, Bruno ^b,h   DeBergh, Catherine ^b,h   Giver, Lawrence P ^a,b   Ma, Q ^b,i   Tipping, Richard ^b,j  

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^g ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

^h OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

ⁱ NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 33845720921     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1993.1055     Document Type: Article

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