Model calculation of N2 Vegard-Kaplan band emissions in Martian dayglow

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Jain, Sonal Kumar ^a   Bhardwaj, Anil ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EMISSION; LIGHT EFFECT; MARS; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY SURFACE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THERMOSPHERE;

EQUUS ASINUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 80051526440     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003778     Document Type: Article

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