Development of a micro-balance system for dust and water vapour detection in the Mars atmosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2258-2262

  Battaglia, R ^a,b   Palomba, E ^a   Palumbo, P ^c   Colangeli, L ^a   Della Corte, V ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Dust; Mars; Microbalance; Water vapour

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DUST; PLANETS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; VAPORS; WATER;

MASS SETTLING; MICRO-BALANCE SYSTEMS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

DUST; MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 2442717883     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00520-9     Document Type: Article

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