The near-infrared nitric oxide nightglow in the upper atmosphere of Venus

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 985-988

  Garcia Munoza A ^a   Millsa, F P ^a,b   Piccionic, G ^c   Drossart, P ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

VENUSIA;

EID: 59049096915     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808091106     Document Type: Article

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