Limb observations of the ultraviolet nitric oxide nightglow with SPICAV on board Venus Express

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Gerard J C ^a   Cox, C ^a   Saglam, A ^a   Bertaux, J L ^b   Villard, E ^b   Nehma C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; NIGHTGLOW; NITRIC OXIDE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPECTROMETER; VENUS;

EID: 67651115681     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003078     Document Type: Article

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