Spacecraft observations of the Martian atmosphere

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue , 2008, Pages 191-219

  Smith, Michael D ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Clouds; Dust; Mars; Remote sensing; Temperature

Indexed keywords

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; DUST STORMS; GLOBAL SCALING; HIGH LATITUDES; LATITUDE (CO); MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; POLAR REGIONS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; WATER ICE CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; DUST; SPACECRAFT; STORMS;

WATER VAPOR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DUST STORM; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPACECRAFT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 45849091097     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.36.031207.124334     Document Type: Article

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