CO2 ice clouds in the upper atmosphere of Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 489-492

  Clancy, R Todd ^a   Sandor, Brad J ^b  

^a Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; ICE; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; PLANETS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERE; SOLS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

DIURNAL TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; PLANET MARS; SUBMILLIMETER CARBON MONOXIDE LINES;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

COLD TEMPERATURES; DIURNAL TEMPERATURES; JAMES CLERK MAXWELL TELESCOPE; PARTICLE NUMBER DENSITY; ROTATIONAL TRANSITION; SATURATION CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VAPOR SATURATION;

EID: 0032003114     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00114     Document Type: Article

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