Middle atmosphere polar warmings on Mars: Simulations and study on the validation with sub-millimeter observations

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1103-1112

  Hartogh, Paul ^a   Medvedev, Alexander S ^a   Jarchow, Christopher ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

General circulation; Martian atmosphere; Polar warming; Sub millimeter wave remote sensing; Temperature and wind retrieval

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EDDY CURRENTS; PLANETS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; TIDES;

GENERAL CIRCULATION; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; POLAR WARMING; SUB-MILLIMETER WAVE REMOTE SENSING; WIND RETRIEVAL;

GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 34249285927     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.11.018     Document Type: Article

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