Investigations of the variability of dust particle sizes in the martian atmosphere using the NASA Ames General Circulation Model

Icarus

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 576-597

  Kahre, Melinda A ^a   Hollingsworth, Jeffery L ^a   Haberle, Robert M ^a   Murphy, James R ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Atmospheres; Mars; structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249113796     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.01.023     Document Type: Article

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