Improved general circulation models of the Martian atmosphere from the surface to above 80 km

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E10, 1999, Pages 24155-24175

  Forget, François ^a   Hourdin, Frédéric ^a   Fournier, Richard ^a,d   Hourdin, Christophe ^a   Talagrand, Olivier ^a   Collins, Matthew ^b,e   Lewis, Stephen R ^b   Read, Peter L ^b   Huot, Jean Paul ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0033604182     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001025     Document Type: Article

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