Water vapor saturation at low altitudes around Mars aphelion: A key to Mars climate?

Icarus

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-62

  Clancy, R T ^a   Grossman, A W ^b   Wolff, M J ^a   James, P B ^c   Rudy, D J ^d   Billawala, Y N ^e   Sandor, B J ^e   Lee, S W ^e   Muhleman, D O ^f  

^a Center for Extrasolar Planetary Studies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^d AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 16144366203     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0108     Document Type: Article

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