A discussion on infared astronomy - Infrared day and night airglow of Earth's upper atmosphere
- 24 April 1969
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Vol. 264 (1150), 153-160
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1969.0009
Abstract
A list is presented of the principal emission features of the airglow spectrum in the infrared and the expected intensities and altitude distributions are discussed.Keywords
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