Excitation of the green line in the night airglow

In directions away from the Milky Way, most of the visible light from the night sky comes from a glowing layer of gas at an altitude of ∼97 km. About 20% of this light is concentrated in a sharp green line at 557.7 nm which is a prominant feature of the visible portion of the night airglow. This emi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature (London) 1981-01, Vol.291 (5814), p.398-399
Hauptverfasser:	Kenner, R. D., Ogryzlo, E. A., Wassell, P. T.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Humanities and Social Sciences letter multidisciplinary Science Science (multidisciplinary)
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