Simulation of the Martian atmosphere using a CCSR/NIES AGCM

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Kuroda, Takeshi ^a,b   Hashimoto, Naohisa ^a   Sakai, Daisuke ^a   Takahashi, Masaaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE;

EID: 17744384917     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.83.1     Document Type: Article

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