CO2 clouds, CAPE and convection on Mars: Observations and general circulation modeling

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-180

  Colaprete, Anthony ^a   Barnes, Jeffrey R ^b   Haberle, Robert M ^a   Montmessin, Franck ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Clouds; Convection; GCM; Mars

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTROMETERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURES; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY (CAPE); MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR (MGS); RADIO SCIENCE (RS); THERMAL EMISSION SPECTROMETER (TES);

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 38549176120     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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