Thermal tides and stationary waves on Mars as revealed by Mars Global Surveyor thermal emission spectrometer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E4, 2000, Pages 9521-9537

  Banfield, Don ^a   Conrath, Barney ^a   Pearl, John C ^b   Smith, Michael D ^b   Christensen, Phil ^c  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033777614     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001161     Document Type: Article

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