Assimilation of Mars Global Surveyor atmospheric temperature data into a general circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E12, 2001, Pages 32863-32877

  Zhang, Kate Q ^a   Ingersoll, Andrew P ^a,d   Kass, David M ^a   Pearl, John C ^b   Smith, Michael D ^b   Conrath, Barney J ^b   Haberle, Robert M ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; POLAR VORTEX;

EID: 0035716105     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001330     Document Type: Article

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