title: Ultraviolet night airglow of venus.
abstract: The night airglow spectrum of Venus in the ultraviolet is dominated by the v' = 0 progressions of the gamma and delta bands of nitric oxide. The bands are produced by two-body radiative recombination of nitrogen and oxygen atoms. Since the source of these atoms is in the dayside thermosphere, the night airglow is a tracer of the day-to-night thermospheric circulation. The airglow is brightest at equatorial latitudes, and at longitudes on the morning side of the antisolar meridian.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Barth