Upper atmosphere of Mars up to 120 km: Mars Global Surveyor accelerometer data analysis with the LMD general circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Angelats i Coll, M ^a   Forget, F ^a   Lopez Valverde M A ^b   Read, P L ^c   Lewis, S R ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mars; MGS; Nonlinear; Upper atmosphere; Waves

Indexed keywords

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 2342563735     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002163     Document Type: Article

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