Spectral imaging of martian water ice clouds and their diurnal behavior during the 1999 aphelion season (Ls = 130°)

Icarus

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 297-318

  Glenar, David A ^a   Samuelson, Robert E ^b   Pearl, John C ^a   Bjoraker, Gordon L ^a   Blaney, Diana ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared observations; Mars; Mars atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037296084     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00046-5     Document Type: Review

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