Disk-averaged synthetic spectra of Mars

Astrobiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 461-482

  Tinetti, Giovanna ^a,b,c   Meadows, Victoria S ^a,c,e   Crisp, David ^a,c,d   Fong, William ^c   Velusamy, Thangasamy ^a,c,d   Snively, Heather ^f  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b National Research Council   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets; Mars; Planetary science; Radiative transfer; Remote sensing; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT; MICROCLIMATE; SEASON; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ATMOSPHERE; EUROPE; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 24344469449     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2005.5.461     Document Type: Article

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