Surface albedo observations at Gusev Crater and Meridiani Planum, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Bell III, James F ^a   Rice, M S ^a   Johnson, J R ^b   Hare, T M ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; MARS; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EMMELICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 49849090366     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002976     Document Type: Article

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