MARSIS radar sounder observations in the vicinity of Ma'adim Vallis, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 460-473

  White, Oliver L ^a   Safaeinili, Ali ^b   Plaut, Jeffrey J ^b   Stofan, Ellen R ^a,c   Clifford, Stephen M ^d   Farrell, William M ^e   Heggy, Essam ^b   Picardi, Giovanni ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Proxemy Research Inc   (United States)

^d LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ionospheres; Mars; Radar observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349250374     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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