Seasonal polar carbon dioxide frost on Mars: CO2 mass and columnar thickness distribution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Kelly, Nora J ^a   Boynton, William V ^a   Kerry, Kris E ^a   Hamara, Dave ^a   Janes, Daniel M ^a   Reddy, Robert C ^b   Kim, Kyeong J ^a   Haberle, Robert M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONDENSATION; FROST; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; ICE THICKNESS; MARS; POLAR REGION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 34249875385     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002678     Document Type: Article

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