Active dust devils in Gusev crater, Mars: Observations from the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Greeley, Ronald ^a   Whelley, Patrick L ^a   Arvidson, Raymond E ^b   Cabrol, Nathalie A ^c   Foley, Daniel J ^a   Franklin, Brenda J ^d   Geissler, Paul G ^e   Golombek, Matthew P ^d   Kuzmin, Ruslan O ^f   Landis, Geoffrey A ^g   Lemmon, Mark T ^h   Neakrase, Lynn D V ^a   Squyres, Steven W ⁱ   Thompson, Shane D ^a,j  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^g NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DUST DEVIL; DUST STORM; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; SPECTROMETER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 34447526223     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002743     Document Type: Article

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