The martian atmosphere in the region of Hellas basin as observed by the planetary Fourier spectrometer (PFS-MEX)

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1346-1357

  Grassi, D ^a   Formisano, V ^a   Forget, F ^b   Fiorenza, C ^a,c   Ignatiev, N I ^a,d   Maturilli, A ^e   Zasova, L V ^a,d  

^a INAF   (Italy)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d IKI RAS ^*  (Russian Federation)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; FOURIER OPTICS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPECTROMETERS; TOPOGRAPHY;

MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY FOURIER SPECTROMETER (PFS-MEX); TOPOGRAPHY PROFILES;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34447101816     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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