EUV spectroscopy of the Venus dayglow with UVIS on Cassini

Icarus

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-80

  Gerard J C ^a   Hubert, B ^a   Gustin, J ^a   Shematovich, V I ^b   Bisikalo, D ^b   Gladstone, G R ^c   Esposito, L W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY   (Russian Federation)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeronomy; Radiative transfer; Ultraviolet observations; Venus, Atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650928919     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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