Expected atmospheric environment for the Phoenix landing season and location

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Tamppari, Leslie K ^a   Barnes, Jeffrey ^b,j   Bonfiglio, Eugene ^a   Cantor, Bruce ^c   Friedson, A James ^a   Ghosh, Amitabha ^d,k   Grover, M Rob ^a   Kass, David ^a   Martin, Terry Z ^a   Mellon, Michael ^e   Michaels, Tim ^f   Murphy, Jim ^g   Rafkin, Scot C R ^f   Smith, Michael D ^h   Tsuyuki, Glenn ^a   Tyler, Daniel ^b,j   Wolff, Michael ⁱ  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^d Tharsis Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^j OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k STE 200 ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; OPTICAL DEPTH; SURFACE PRESSURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 67649204421     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE003034     Document Type: Article

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