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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke1688c&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 1688. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth, Earth'S Atmosphere

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The airglow consists of the non-thermal radiation emitted by EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. The thermal emission of Earth, heated by sunlight and subsequently radiating to space, takes place in the infrared portion of the spectrum, at wavelengths longer than 7 μm. In its simplest form, the airglow arises from de-excitation of molecules, atoms or ions excited by solar UV photons or energetic particles, and t...

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