A post-Pathfinder evaluation of areocentric solar coordinates with improved timing recipes for Mars seasonal/diurnal climate studies

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 215-235

  Allison, Michael ^a,b   McEwen, Megan ^b,c  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041934294     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(99)00092-6     Document Type: Article

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