Temperature inversions, thermal tides, and water ice clouds in the Martian tropics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Hinson, D P ^a   Wilson, R J ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dynamics; Mars; Mars Global Surveyor; Thermal tides; Water ice clouds

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; THERMAL REGIME; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 2342486649     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002129     Document Type: Article

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