Near-IR oxygen nightglow observed by VIRTIS in the Venus upper atmosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Piccioni, G ^a   Zasova, L ^b   Migliorini, A ^a   Drossart, P ^c   Shakun, A ^b   Munoz, A Garcia ^d   Mills, F P ^d,e   Cardesin Moinelo, A ^a  

^a INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^b Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; INFRARED IMAGERY; NADIR; NIGHTGLOW; OXYGEN; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67651092151     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003133     Document Type: Article

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