Mars: Mars express radio science experiment

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn SP, Issue 1291, 2009, Pages 217-245

  Patzold M ^a   Tellmann, S ^a   Andert, T ^a   Carone, L ^a   Fels, M ^a   Schaa, R ^a   Stanzel, C ^a   Audenrieth Kersten, I ^a   Gahr, A ^a   Muller A L ^a   Stracke, B ^a   Stupar, D ^a   Walter, C ^a   Hausler B ^a   Remus, ^a   Selle, J ^a   Griebel, H ^a   Eidel, W ^a   Asmar, S ^b   Goltz, G ^b   Kahan, D ^b   Barriot, J P ^c   Dehant, V ^d   Beuthe, M ^d   Rosenblatt, P ^d   Karatekin, O ^d   Lainey, V ^d   Tyler, G L ^e   Hinson, D ^e   Simpson, R ^e   Twicken, J ^e,f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^e Observatoire Royal   (Belgium)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISTATIC RADARS; DIURNAL VARIATION; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON; MARS-EXPRESS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; MARTIAN SURFACE; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE PROFILES; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; RADIO SCIENCE; REGULAR OPERATIONS; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SOLAR CORONA;

IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; RADAR; RADIO; SOLAR WIND;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 70349682444     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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