Mars atmospheric water vapor abundance: 1991-1999, emphasis 1998-1999

Icarus

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 372-400

  Sprague, A L ^a   Hunten, D M ^a   Doose, L R ^a   Hill, R E ^a   Boynton, W V ^a   Smith, M D ^b   Pearl, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundances; atmosphere; atmospheres; Mars; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748916858     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.05.021     Document Type: Article

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