Retrieval of atmospheric temperatures in the martian planetary boundary layer using upward-looking infrared spectra

Icarus

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 586-597

  Smith, Michael D ^a   Conrath, Barney J ^a   Pearl, John C ^a   Ustinov, Eugene A ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0030529321     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0232     Document Type: Article

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