High spectral resolution UV to near-IR observations of Mars using HST/STIS

Icarus

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 581-602

  Bell III, J F ^a   Ansty, T M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Hubble Space Telescope observations; Mars; Spectroscopy; Ultraviolet observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 35449003141     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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