A ground-to-exosphere Martian general circulation model: 2. Atmosphere during solstice conditions - Thermospheric polar warming

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Gonzalez Galindo F ^a   Forget, F ^a   Lopez Valverde M A ^b   Angelats I Coll, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC PROCESS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; POLAR REGION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMODYNAMICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WARMING;

EID: 71949115115     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003277     Document Type: Article

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