Modelling dust distributions in the atmospheric boundary layer on Mars

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 305-328

  Taylor, Peter A ^a   Li, P Y ^a   Michelangeli, Diane V ^a   Pathak, Jagruti ^a   Weng, Wensong ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeolian process; Diurnal cycle; Dust; Mars boundary layer; Phoenix mission

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

AEOLIAN PROCESS; AREA-WEIGHTED RADIUS; DIURNAL CYCLE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DUST; EOLIAN PROCESS; MARS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34848893865     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-007-9158-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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