Mars Climate Sounder: An investigation of thermal and water vapor structure, dust and condensate distributions in the atmosphere, and energy balance of the polar regions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  McCleese, Daniel J ^a   Schofield, J T ^a   Taylor, F W ^b   Calcutt, S B ^b   Foote, M C ^a   Kass, D M ^a   Leovy, C B ^c   Paige, D A ^d   Read, P L ^b   Zurek, R W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENERGY BALANCE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MARS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TIMESCALE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 34447317786     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002790     Document Type: Article

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