Characterization of a semidiurnal eastward-propagating tide at high northern latitudes with Mars Global Surveyor electron density profiles

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Cahoy, K L ^a   Hinson, D P ^a   Tyler, G L ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; PHASE STABILITY; PHASE VELOCITY; PLANETS;

MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILE; SEMIDIURNAL EASTWARD-PROPAGATING TIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ELECTRON DENSITY; LATITUDE; PHASE VELOCITY; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 34948867275     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030449     Document Type: Article

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