Mars' surface pressure tides and their behavior during global dust storms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue 3334, 1998, Pages 8587-8601

  Bridger, Alison F C ^a   Murphy, James R ^a,b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; DUST STORM; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

MARS;

EID: 0032565257     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98je00242     Document Type: Article

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