Imaging spectroscopy of the Venus 1.27-μm O 2 airglow with ground-based telescopes

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1375-1380

  Ohtsuki, S ^a   Iwagami, N ^a   Sagawa, H ^a   Ueno, M ^a   Kasaba, Y ^b   Imamura, T ^b   Nishihara, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Gunma Astronomical Observatory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airglow; Ground based observation; Near infrared; Rotational temperature; Spectroscopy; Venus

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NASA; SPECTROMETERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AIRGLOW SPECTRA; IMAGING SPECTROMETER; IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY; ROTATIONAL TEMPERATURE;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 41349108092     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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