Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) observations of dust opacity during aerobraking and science phasing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E4, 2000, Pages 9539-9552

  Smith, Michael D ^a   Pearl, John C ^a   Conrath, Barney J ^b   Christensen, Philip R ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0033772778     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001097     Document Type: Article

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