A general circulation model simulation of the Martian polar warming

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-126

  Wilson, R John ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS;

DUST DISTRIBUTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARTIAN POLAR WARMING;

GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 0030736030     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03814     Document Type: Article

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