Thermal tides in the martian middle atmosphere as seen by the mars climate sounder

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Lee, C ^a   Lawson, W G ^a   Richardson, M I ^a   Heavens, N G ^a   Kleinbohl A ^b   Banfield, D ^c   McCleese, D J ^b   Zurek, R ^b   Kass, D ^b   Schofield, J T ^b   Leovy, C B ^d   Taylor, F W ^e   Toigo, A D ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DATA SET; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649216418     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003285     Document Type: Article

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