Density variability at scales typical of gravity waves observed in Mars' thermosphere by the MGS accelerometer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Creasey, John E ^a   Forbes, Jeffrey M ^a   Keating, Gerald M ^b  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; GRAVITY WAVES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR (MGS); MARTIAN TROPICS; SMALL-SCALE DENSITY PERTURBATIONS; THERMOSPHERE;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ACCELEROMETER; GRAVITY WAVE; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 34548576935     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027583     Document Type: Article

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