Near infrared imaging spectroscopy of Venus with the Anglo-Australian Telescope

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1385-1390

  Bailey, Jeremy ^a   Chamberlain, S ^a   Crisp, D ^b   Meadows, V S ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Airglow; Near infrared spectroscopy; Venus; Venus atmosphere

Indexed keywords

INFRARED IMAGING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOGRAPHY; TELESCOPES; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

AIRGLOW; NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; VENUS; VENUS ATMOSPHERE;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 51249119856     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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