Characterization of the Martian surface layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 187-198

  Martínez, Germán ^a   Valero, Francisco ^a   Vázquez, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT ORDERS; FRICTION VELOCITIES; GROUND TEMPERATURES; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS; MARTIAN SURFACES; MONIN-OBUKHOV LENGTHS; MONIN-OBUKHOV SIMILARITY THEORIES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; PATHFINDER MISSIONS; QUALITATIVE BEHAVIORS; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; SURFACE LAYERS; THERMAL INERTIAS; TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; VISCOUS DISSIPATION RATES;

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; FORCED CONVECTION; FRICTION; HEAT FLUX; SOLS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SCALES; VISCOUS FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

DISSIPATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; SURFACE LAYER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 65549169177     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2765.1     Document Type: Article

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