Wind measurements in Mars' middle atmosphere: IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometric CO observations

Icarus

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 549-563

  Moreno, R ^a   Lellouch, E ^a   Forget, F ^b   Encrenaz, T ^a   Guilloteau, S ^c   Millour, E ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; dynamics; Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349202810     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.01.027     Document Type: Article

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