Intense polar temperature inversion in the middle atmosphere on Mars

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 745-749

  McCleese, D J ^a   Schofield, J T ^a   Taylor, F W ^b   Abdou, W A ^a   Aharonson, O ^c   Banfield, D ^d   Calcutt, S B ^b   Heavens, N G ^c   Irwin, P G J ^b   Kass, D M ^a   Kleinbohl A ^a   Lawson, W G ^c   Leovy, C B ^e   Lewis, S R ^f   Paige, D A ^g   Read, P L ^b   Richardson, M I ^c   Teanby, N ^b   Zurek, R W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 65349101664     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo332     Document Type: Article

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