Nonmigrating tides inferred from the Mars Odyssey and Mars Global Surveyor aerobraking data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Wang, L ^a   Fritts, D C ^a   Tolson, R H ^b  

^a Colorado Research Associates Division ^*  (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; GRAVITY WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AEROBRAKING PHASES; DIURNAL THERMAL FORCING; MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR; MARS ODYSSEY; MARTIAN TOPOGRAPHY; TIDAL FILTERING;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ACCELEROMETER; GRAVITY WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 34548625271     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027753     Document Type: Article

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