Distribution of the ultraviolet nitric oxide Martian night airglow: Observations from Mars Express and comparisons with a one-dimensional model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Cox, Cedric ^a   Saglam, A ^a   Gerard J C ^a   Bertaux, J L ^b   Gonzalez Galindo F ^c   Leblanc, F ^b,d   Reberac, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; NIGHTGLOW; NITRIC OXIDE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PLANETARY SATELLITE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 56349118074     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE003037     Document Type: Article

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