Densification of Water Ice Deposits on the Residual North Polar Cap of Mars

Icarus

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 367-381

  Arthern, R J ^a   Winebrenner, D P ^a   Waddington, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ices; Infrared observations; Mars climate; Mars surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011099380     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6308     Document Type: Article

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