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Night airglow phenomenology

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The phenomenology of the night airglow is reviewed with particular emphasis on the work of recent years. The major topics discussed are the spectrum; latitudinal dependency; diurnal variation; correlations in time and space; the effects of magnetic activity and of the sunspot cycle and solar activity; and conjugacy and the airglow. A number of other topics are also discussed briefly.

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Silverman, S.M. Night airglow phenomenology. Space Sci Rev 11, 341–379 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00241526

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