Distribution of the O2 infrared nightglow observed with VIRTIS on board Venus Express

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Gerard J C ^a   Saglam, A ^a   Piccioni, G ^b   Drossart, P ^c   Cox, C ^a   Erard, S ^c   Hueso, R ^d   Sanchez Lavega A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; LUMINANCE; OXYGEN; SOLAR SYSTEM; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; INFRARED NIGHTGLOW;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AIRGLOW; LIGHT INTENSITY; NADIR; NIGHTGLOW; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OXYGEN; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 40849102683     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032021     Document Type: Article

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