Observation of atmospheric tides in the Martian exosphere using Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter radio tracking data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Mazarico, E ^a   Zuber, M T ^a,b   Lemoine, F G ^b   Smith, D E ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; ORBITS;

ATMOSPHERIC DRAG; ATMOSPHERIC TIDES; FIRST ORDERS; LONG TIME; LONGITUDINAL DENSITY; MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITERS; NON-MIGRATING TIDES; PRECISION ORBIT DETERMINATION; RADIO TRACKING; SPACECRAFT ORBITS;

TIDES;

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; DRAG; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; PERTURBATION; PLANETARY SATELLITE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 48549093737     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033388     Document Type: Article

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