Martian and terrestrial dust devils: Test of a scaling theory using Pathfinder data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E1, 2000, Pages 1859-1865

  Rennó, Nilton O ^a   Nash, Amelia Ann ^b   Lunine, Jonathan ^b   Murphy, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST STORM; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 0033768866     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001037     Document Type: Article

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