Atmospheric contribution to the dissipation of the gravitational tide of Phobos on Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Rondanelli, Roberto ^a,b   Thayalan, Vid ^a   Lindzen, Richard S ^a   Zuber, Maria T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ACOUSTICS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DISSIPATIVE MECHANISMS; WAVE AMPLIFICATION;

TIDES;

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; DISSIPATION; MARS; WAVE ENERGY;

EID: 33845676142     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026222     Document Type: Article

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