The 1997 Spring Regression of the Martian South Polar Cap: Mars Orbiter Camera Observations

Icarus

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 410-418

  James, P B ^a   Cantor, B A ^a   Malin, M C ^b   Edgett, K ^b   Carr, M H ^c   Danielson, G E ^d   Ingersoll, A P ^d   Davies, M E ^e   Hartmann, W K ^f   McEwen, A S ^g   Soderblom, L A ^h   Thomas, P C ⁱ   Veverka, J ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

ⁱ NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars atmosphere; Mars climate; Mars surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001322950     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6289     Document Type: Article

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