On Martian nitrogen dayglow emission observed by SPICAM UV spectrograph/Mars Express

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Leblanc, Francois ^a,b   Chaufray, J Y ^a   Bertaux, J L ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; LIGHT EMISSION; NITROGEN; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROGRAPHS;

DAYGLOW EMISSION; EXOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; NITROGEN;

EID: 34548024177     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028437     Document Type: Article

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