Thermal structure of the Martian atmosphere retrieved from the IR spectrometry in the 15 μm CO 2 band: Input to MIRA

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-13

  Zasova, L V ^a,b   Formisano, V ^b   Grassi, D ^b   Igantiev, N I ^a,b   Moroz, V I ^a  

^a Russian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Russian Federation)

^b INAF   (Italy)

Author keywords

IR spectrometry; Mars International Reference Atmosphere; MIRA; Thermal structure of the Martian atmosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA ACQUISITION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SPACE RESEARCH; SPECTROMETERS;

IR SPECTROMETRY; MASS INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE ATMOSPHERE; MIRA; THERMAL STRUCTURE OF THE MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 18444409406     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.03.038     Document Type: Article

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