Modeling and observations of Martian stationary waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 986-1013

  Nayvelt, Lev ^a   Gierasch, Peter J ^a   Cook, Kerry H ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GCM; OROGRAPHIC FORCING; STATIONARY WAVE;

MARS;

EID: 0031474104     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0986:MAOOMS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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