Zonal wind calculations from Mars global surveyor accelerometer and rate data

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1180-1187

  Baird, Darren T ^a,d,e   Toison, Robert ^b,e,f   Bougher, Stephen ^c,g   Steers, Brian ^c,e,h  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Mail Stop 301 27671

^e AIAA ^*

^f Center for Planetary Atmospheric and Flight Sciences

^g and Space Sciences   (United States)

^h Aerospace Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; ORBITS; PLANETS; SPACECRAFT;

AEROBRAKING ALTITUDES; MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR; YAW ORIENTATION; ZONAL WIND CALCULATIONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 38349093360     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.28588     Document Type: Article

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