OMEGA/Mars Express: South Pole Region, water vapor daily variability

Icarus

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-112

  Melchiorri, R ^a,b   Encrenaz, T ^a   Drossart, P ^a   Fouchet, T ^a   Forget, F ^c   Titov, D ^d   Maltagliati, L ^d   Altieri, F ^e   Vincendon, M ^f   Langevin, Y ^f   Bibring, J P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e INAF   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Mars; polar caps; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 63749128793     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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