Solar infrared occultation observations by SPICAM experiment on Mars-Express: Simultaneous measurements of the vertical distributions of H2O, CO2 and aerosol

Icarus

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-117

  Fedorova, A A ^a   Korablev, O I ^a   Bertaux, J L ^b,c   Rodin, A V ^a,d   Montmessin, F ^b,c   Belyaev, D A ^a   Reberac, A ^b,c  

^a Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Mars; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749111183     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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