Opacity of the Martian atmosphere from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4417-4420

  Ivanov, Anton B ^a   Muhleman, Duane O ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPACITY; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ORBITS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; REFLECTION; SOLAR RADIATION;

MARS ORBITER LASER ALTIMETER (MOLA); ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSIONS; ICE CLOUDS; MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR; MARS ORBITER LASER ALTIMETERS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; NORTHERN REGIONS; REFLECTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE ALBEDO;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; ANEROID ALTIMETERS;

MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0032535554     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900060     Document Type: Article

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