Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) south polar: First Mars year of observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Brown, Adrian J ^a   Calvin, Wendy M ^b   McGuire, Patrick C ^c   Murchie, Scott L ^d  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; ICE CAP; MAPPING; MARS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER; SUBLIMATION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77649160691     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003333     Document Type: Article

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