Thermophysical properties of the MER and Beagle II landing site regions on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Jakosky, Bruce M ^a   Hynek, Brian M ^a   Pelkey, Shannon M ^a,b   Mellon, Michael T ^a   Martínez Alonson, Sara ^a   Putzig, Nathaniel E ^a   Murphy, Nate ^a   Christensen, Philip R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; DATA SET; EOLIAN PROCESS; EROSION; MARS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SLOPE; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33846514068     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002320     Document Type: Article

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