Meteorological predictions for 2003 Mars Exploration Rover high-priority landing sites

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Rafkin, Scot C R ^a   Michaels, T I ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Mars; Mars Exploration Rover; Mesoscale; Meteorology; Modeling

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATION; MARS; METEOROLOGY; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 1542378916     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je002027     Document Type: Article

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