Latitudinal dependency in dust devil activity on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Whelley, Patrick L ^a   Greeley, Ronald ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; DUST DEVIL; ECCENTRICITY; MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER;

EID: 33845645487     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002677     Document Type: Article

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