Yearly and seasonal variations of low albedo surfaces on Mars in the OMEGA/MEx dataset: Constraints on aerosols properties and dust deposits

Icarus

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 395-405

  Vincendon, Mathieu ^a   Langevin, Y ^a   Poulet, F ^a   Pommerol, A ^b   Wolff, M ^c   Bibring, J P ^a   Gondet, B ^a   Jouglet, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Space Science Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; climate; Infrared observations; Mars; Radiative transfer; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849098849     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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