Observations of the north polar water ice annulus on Mars using THEMIS and TES

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 256-265

  Wagstaff, Kiri L ^a   Titus, Timothy N ^b   Ivanov, Anton B ^a   Castaño, Rebecca ^a   Bandfield, Joshua L ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars polar caps; Seasonal ice; TES; THEMIS; Water ice

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEFROSTING; ICE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED IMAGING;

MARS POLAR CAPS; SEASONAL ICE; WATER ICE;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 38549165912     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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