Diurnal variation and radiative influence of Martian water ice clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Wilson, R John ^a   Neumann, Gregory A ^b   Smith, Michael D ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE; RADIOMETRY;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARTIAN TROPICS; NIGHTIME CLOUDS; WATER ICE CLOUDS;

TROPICS;

ALTIMETER; CLOUD; DIURNAL VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE; INFRARED RADIATION; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADIOMETER; SIMULATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34548038765     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027976     Document Type: Article

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