Dust aerosols above the south polar cap of Mars as seen by OMEGA

Icarus

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 488-505

  Vincendon, M ^a   Langevin, Y ^a   Poulet, F ^a   Bibring, J P ^a   Gondet, B ^a   Jouglet, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

atmosphere; climate; Ices; IR spectroscopy; Mars; polar caps; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149090787     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.11.034     Document Type: Article

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