Water content of the Martian soil: laboratory simulations of reflectance spectra

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E5, 1998, Pages 11125-11133

  Yen, Albert S ^a   Murray, Bruce C ^a   Rossman, George R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFLECTANCE SPECTRA; SOIL WATER;

MARS;

EID: 0032565558     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE00739     Document Type: Article

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