Influence of the seasonal winds and the CO2 mass exchange between atmosphere and polar caps on Mars' rotation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2002, Pages

  Van den Acker, Ellen ^a   Van Hoolst, Tim ^a   de Viron, Olivier ^a   Defraigne, Pascale ^a   Forget, François ^b   Hourdin, Fréderic ^b   Dehant, Véronique ^b  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

CO2 condensation sublimation; Mars rotation; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY ROTATION; POLAR REGION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND;

EID: 0037173903     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000je001539     Document Type: Article

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