Tracking the edge of the south seasonal polar cap of Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1319-1327

  Giuranna, M ^a,b   Formisano, V ^a   Grassi, D ^a   Maturilli, A ^a,c  

^a INAF   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Edges; Mars; Polar caps; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOURIER OPTICS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

FROST DEPOSITS; MARS; MARS EXPRESS (MEX) ESA MISSION; PLANETARY FOURIER SPECTROMETER (PFS); POLAR CAPS;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34447109956     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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