An imaging interferometer for satellite observations of wind and temperature on Mars, the dynamics atmosphere Mars observer (DYNAMO)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4833, Issue , 2002, Pages 226-236

  Ward, W E ^a   Gault, W A ^b   Rowlands, N ^c   Wang, S ^c   Shepherd, G G ^b   McDade, I C ^b   McConnell, J C ^b   Michelangeli, D ^b   Caldwell, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c EMS Technologies (Canada) Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dynamics; Circulation; Doppler imaging; Mars; Michelson Interferometer; Temperatures; Waves; Winds

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; DOPPLER EFFECT; INFRARED RADIATION; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; WIND;

DOPPLER IMAGING;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0038385480     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.473823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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