Results of the Mars Pathfinder atmospheric structure investigation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E4, 1999, Pages 8943-8955

  Magalhães, Julio A ^a,c   Schofield, John T ^b   Seiff, Alvin ^a,c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS PATHFINDER;

EID: 0033602586     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JE900041     Document Type: Article

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