The Mars limited area model and simulations of atmospheric circulations for the Phoenix landing area and season of operation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Kauhanen, Jarme ^a,b   Siili, Tero ^a,b   Järvenoja, Simo ^c   Savijärvi, Hannu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAROCLINIC MODE; DUST; KATABATIC FLOW; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; SPECTROMETER; WIND VELOCITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649158507     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE003011     Document Type: Article

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