A Tentative Detection of the 183-GHz Water Vapor Line in the Martian Atmosphere: Constraints upon the H2O Abundance and Vertical Distribution

Icarus

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 110-118

  Encrenaz, T ^a   Lellouch, E ^a   Cernicharo, J ^b   Paubert, G ^c   Gulkis, S ^d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b Centro Astronomico de Yebes ^*  (United States)

^c Institute de Radioastronomie Millimétrique IRAM Núcleo Central   (Spain)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001218476     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1995.1009     Document Type: Article

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