Comparison of microwave and infrared measurements of Martian atmospheric temperatures: implications for short-term climate variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E3, 1998, Pages 5911-5918

  Richardson, Mark I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

MARS;

EID: 0032565037     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JE03372     Document Type: Article

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