Mars Pathfinder landing site: Evidence for a change in wind regime from lander and orbiter data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E1, 2000, Pages 1829-1840

  Greeley, Ronald ^a   Kraft, Michael D ^b   Kuzmin, Ruslan O ^b   Bridges, Nathan T ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 0033772997     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001072     Document Type: Article

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