Mars south polar spring and summer behavior observed by TES: Seasonal cap evolution controlled by frost grain size

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E4, 2000, Pages 9653-9699

  Kieffer, Hugh H ^a   Titus, Timothy N ^a   Mullins, Kevin F ^a   Christensen, Philip R ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; POLAR REGION; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0033773224     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001136     Document Type: Article

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