The Venus ultraviolet oxygen dayglow and aurora: Model comparison with observations

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 542-552

  Gerard J C ^a   Hubert, B ^a   Shematovich, V I ^b   Bisikalo, D V ^b   Gladstone, G R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY   (Russian Federation)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic oxygen; Aurora; Electron precipitation; Ultraviolet airglow; Venus thermosphere

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; SCATTERING; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

ATOMIC OXYGEN; ELECTRON PRECIPITATION; ULTRAVIOLET AIRGLOW; VENUS THERMOSPHERE;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 39549103855     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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