A GCM climate database for Mars: For mission planning and for scientific studies

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1213-1222

  Read, P L ^a   Collins, M ^a   Forget, F ^b   Fournier, R ^b   Hourdin, F ^b   Lewis, S R ^a   Talagrand, O ^b   Taylor, F W ^a   Thomas, N P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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EID: 0038917590     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00272-X     Document Type: Article

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