Venus night airglow: Ground-based detection of OH, observations of O2 emissions, and photochemical model

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-27

  Krasnopolsky, Vladimir A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Chemistry; Infrared observations; Photochemistry; Venus; Venus, Atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950062191     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.10.019     Document Type: Article

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