Fog phenomena on Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1987-1992

  Möhlmann, Diedrich T F ^a   Niemand, Monika ^b   Formisano, Vittorio ^c   Savijärvi, Hannu ^d   Wolkenberg, Paulina ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c INAF   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Fog; Mars; Meteorology; Water clouds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC WATER; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; HIGH RESOLUTION STEREO CAMERA; ICE PARTICLES; MARS; MARS-EXPRESS; NEAR-SURFACE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; PAPER DOCUMENTS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER MODELS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; PLANETARY FOURIER SPECTROMETERS; SUBSURFACE WATERS; SURFACE OF MARS; VALLES MARINERIS; WATER CLOUDS; WATER ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; ICE; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

FOG;

EID: 70449627293     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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