Mars Orbiter Camera observations of Martian dust devils and their tracks (September 1997 to January 2006) and evaluation of theoretical vortex models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Cantor, Bruce A ^a   Kanak, Katharine M ^b   Edgett, Kenneth S ^a  

^a MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DUST DEVIL; MARS; VORTEX; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 34447345802     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002700     Document Type: Article

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