The effects of topographically-controlled thermal tides in the martian upper atmosphere as seen by the MGS accelerometer

Icarus

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-32

  Withers, Paul ^a   Bougher, S W ^b   Keating, G M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, dynamics; Mars, atmosphere; Tides, atmospheric

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042704960     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00135-0     Document Type: Article

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