THEMIS VIS and IR observations of a high-altitude Martian dust devil

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Cushing, Glen E ^a   Titus, Timothy N ^a   Christensen, Philip R ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ESTIMATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANETS; VORTEX FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER TURBULENCE; MARTIAN DUST DEVIL; THE MARS ODYSSEY THERMAL EMISSION IMAGING SYSTEM (THEMIS);

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

DUST DEVIL; MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 31544468874     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024478     Document Type: Article

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