Radio occultation measurements of transient eddies in the northern hemisphere of Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Hinson, D P ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY; GEOPOTENTIAL; MARS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADIOMETER;

EID: 33745804073     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002612     Document Type: Article

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