New estimates for the sublimation rate for ice on the Moon

Icarus

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-30

  Andreas, Edgar L ^a  

^a US Army Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ices; Meteorology; Moon; Regoliths; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845231135     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.024     Document Type: Article

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