General circulation model simulations of the Mars Pathfinder atmospheric structure investigation/meteorology data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E4, 1999, Pages 8957-8974

  Haberle, Robert M ^a   Joshi, Manoj M ^a   Murphy, James R ^b,c   Barnes, Jeffrey R ^d   Schofield, John T ^e   Wilson, Greg ^e,f   Lopez Valverde, Miguel ^g   Hollingsworth, Jeffery L ^b   Bridger, Alison F C ^b   Schaeffer, James ^h,i  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^h Sterling Software   (United States)

ⁱ RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS PATHFINDER;

EID: 0033602590     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JE900040     Document Type: Article

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