A numerical study of the Martian atmospheric convection with a two-dimensional anelastic model

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 431-437

  Odaka, Masatsugu ^a   Nakajima, Kensuke ^b   Takehiro, Shin Ichi ^b   Ishiwatari, Masaki ^c   Hayashi, Yoshi Yuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0032433476     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352130     Document Type: Article

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