Visible and near-infrared nightglow of molecular oxygen in the atmosphere of Venus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Muñoz, A García ^c   Mills, F P ^b   Slanger, T G ^e   Piccioni, G ^d   Drossart, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^d INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^e SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEAR INFRARED; NIGHTGLOW; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY SATELLITE; VENUS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 76849116194     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003447     Document Type: Article

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