Earths transmission spectrum from lunar eclipse observations

Nature

Volumn 459, Issue 7248, 2009, Pages 814-816

  Pallé, Enric ^a   Osorio, María Rosa Zapatero ^a   Barrena, Rafael ^a   Montãés Rodríguez, Pilar ^a   Martín, Eduardo L ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; OZONE; WATER;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; INFRARED RADIATION; IONOSPHERE; NITROGEN; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; REFLECTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOON; MOTION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 67149083205     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08050     Document Type: Article

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