Water vapor mapping on Mars using OMEGA/Mars Express

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 333-342

  Melchiorri, R ^a   Encrenaz, T ^a   Fouchet, T ^a   Drossart, P ^a   Lellouch, E ^a   Gondet, B ^b   Bibring, J P ^b   Langevin, Y ^b   Schmitt, B ^c   Titov, D ^d   Ignatiev, N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c LPG   (France)

^d MPI P   (Germany)

^e IKI ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Infrared spectroscopy; Mars; Mars atmosphere

Indexed keywords

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROMETERS; VAPORS;

EQUINOX; POLAR CAP; WATER SUBLIMATION;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846829597     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.05.040     Document Type: Article

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