Identification of a new band system of isotopic CO2 near 3.3 μm: Implications for remote sensing of biomarker gases on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-44

  Villanueva, Geronimo L ^a   Mumma, Michael J ^a   Novak, Robert E ^b   Hewagama, Tilak ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; atmosphere; Infrared observations; Mars; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049087372     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.11.014     Document Type: Article

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