Meteorology of proposed Mars Exploration Rover landing sites

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Toigo, Anthony D ^a   Richardson, Mark I ^b  

^a Department of Astronomy and Center for Radiophysics and Space Research   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Convection; Mars Exploration Rovers; Mesoscale atmospheric modeling; Topographic flows; Winds

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATION; MARS; METEOROLOGY; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 1542378914     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002064     Document Type: Article

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