The structure of the upper atmosphere of Mars: In situ accelerometer measurements from Mars Global Surveyor

Science

Volumn 279, Issue 5357, 1998, Pages 1672-1676

  Keating, G M ^a   Bougher, S W ^b   Zurek, R W ^c   Tolson, R H ^a   Cancro, G J ^a   Noll, S N ^a   Parker, J S ^a   Schellenberg, T J ^a   Shane, R W ^a   Wilkerson, B L ^a   Murphy, J R ^d   Hollingsworth, J L ^d   Haberle, R M ^d   Joshi, M ^d   Pearl, J C ^e   Conrath, B J ^e   Smith, M D ^e   Clancy, R T ^f   Blanchard, R C ^g   Wilmoth, R G ^g   Rault, D F ^g   Martin, T Z ^c   Lyons, D T ^c   Esposito, P B ^c   Johnston, M D ^c   Whetzel, C W ^c   Justus, C G ^h   Babicke, J M ^b   more..

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^g NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; DENSITY; DUST; MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 7144227963     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5357.1672     Document Type: Article

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