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Observation and interpretation of day airglow-emission features originating in the earth's upper atmosphere are reviewed; there is an accompanying discussion of techniques used to obtain the dayglow spectrum.

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Noxon, J.F. Day airglow. Space Science Reviews 8, 92–134 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00362572

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