Validation of martian meteorological data assimilation for MGS/TES using radio occultation measurements

Icarus

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-132

  Montabone, L ^a,b   Lewis, S R ^c   Read, P L ^a   Hinson, D P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Data reduction techniques; Mars; Radio observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749362100     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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