Traveling waves in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2002, Pages

  Wilson, R John ^a   Banfield, Don ^b   Conrath, Barney J ^b   Smith, Michael D ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL WAVES; SOLS;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; MARS GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR; MERIDIONAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; TEMPERATURE RETRIEVAL; THERMAL EMISSION SPECTROMETERS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0347928839     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL014866     Document Type: Article

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