Thermal behavior of horizontally mixed surfaces on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-67

  Putzig, Nathaniel E ^a   Mellon, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared observations; Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248824997     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.03.022     Document Type: Article

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