Calculations of N 2 triplet states vibrational populations and band emissions in venusian dayglow

Icarus

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 752-758

  Bhardwaj, Anil ^a   Jain, Sonal Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Aeronomy; Dayglow; N 2 triplet emissions; Ultraviolet observations; Venus; Venus, atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051519493     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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