Constraints on dust aerosols from the Mars Exploration Rovers using MGS overflights and Mini-TES

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Wolff, Michael J ^a   Smith, Michael D ^b   Clancy, R T ^a   Spanovich, N ^c   Whitney, B A ^a   Lemmon, Mark T ^d   Bandfield, J L ^e   Banfield, D ^f   Ghosh, Amitabha ^g,h   Landis, G ⁱ   Christensen, Philip R ^e   Bell III, James F ^f   Squyres, Steven W ^f  

^a Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^h Tharsis Inc   (United States)

ⁱ NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERPLANETARY DUST; MARS PATHFINDER; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPECTROMETER; VERTICAL MIXING;

EMMELICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 34447528836     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002786     Document Type: Article

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