Possible physical and thermodynamical evidence for liquid water at the Phoenix landing site

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Rennó, Nilton O ^a   Bos, Brent J ^b   Catling, David ^c   Clark, Benton C ^d   Drube, Line ^e   Fisher, David ^f   Goetz, Walter ^g   Hviid, Stubbe F ^e   Keller, Horst Uwe ^g   Kok, Jasper F ^a   Kounaves, Samuel P ^h   Leer, Kristoffer ^e   Lemmon, Mark ⁱ   Madsen, Morten Bo ^e   Markiewicz, Wojciech J ^g   Marshall, John ^j   McKay, Christopher ^k   Mehta, Manish ^a   Smith, Miles ^l   Zorzano, M P ^m   Smith, Peter H ⁿ   Stoker, Carol ^k   Young, Suzanne M M ^o   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^h TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^l CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^m CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^o Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; MARS; PLANETARY SATELLITE; PLANETARY SURFACE; POLAR REGION; SPACE TECHNOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 72149112740     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003362     Document Type: Article

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