Assessing the Martian surface distribution of aeolian sand using a Mars general circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E8, 1999, Pages 18991-19002

  Anderson, F S ^a,d   Greeley, R ^a   Xu, P ^a   Lo, E ^a   Blumberg, D G ^b   Haberle, R M ^c   Murphy, J R ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN PROCESS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARS; SAND;

EID: 17444442622     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE900024     Document Type: Article

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