Albedo of the south pole on Mars determined by topographic forcing of atmosphere dynamics

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7039, 2005, Pages 184-188

  Colaprete, Anthony ^a   Barnes, Jeffrey R ^b   Haberle, Robert M ^a   Hollingsworth, Jeffery L ^c   Kieffer, Hugh H ^d   Titus, Timothy N ^d  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

CARBON DIOXIDE ICE CAP; SLAB ICE; SOUTH POLE; TOPOGRAPHIC FORCING;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ICE;

ALBEDO; MARS; POLAR REGION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; COLD CLIMATE; DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; SPRING; TOPOGRAPHY; VAPOR;

EID: 18844401132     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03561     Document Type: Article

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