The depth of the convective boundary layer on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-66

  Hinson, D P ^a,b   Patzold M ^c   Tellmann, S ^c   Hausler B ^d   Tyler, G L ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Atmospheres; dynamics; Mars; structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949097798     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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