High spatial resolution mapping of Mars mesospheric zonal winds by infrared heterodyne spectroscopy of CO2

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Sonnabend, G ^a,b   Sornig, M ^a,b   Krotz P J ^a,b   Schieder, R T ^a,b   Fast, K E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DOPPLER EFFECT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; WIND; HETERODYNING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IONOSPHERE; SPECTROMETERS;

INFRARED HETERODYNE SPECTROSCOPY; ZONAL WIND;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAPPING; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; MESOSPHERE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; ZONAL WIND;

ABSORPTION FEATURES; HETERODYNE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; NONTHERMAL EMISSION; SOLAR TELESCOPE; SOUTHERN LATITUDES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 38549142577     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026900     Document Type: Article

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