Convective vortices and dust devils at the Phoenix Mars mission landing site

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Ellehoj, M D ^a   Gunnlaugsson, H P ^b   P a Taylor, ^c   H Kahanpaa ^d   Bean, K M ^e   Cantor, B A ^f   Gheynani, B T ^c   Drube, L ^a   Fisher, D ^g   Harri, A M ^d   Holstein Rathlou, C ^b   Lemmon, M T ^e   Madsen, M B ^a   Malin, M C ^f   Polkko, J ^d   Smith, P H ^h   Tamppari, L K ⁱ   Weng, W ^c   Whiteway, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^g GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST DEVIL; EDDY; HEAT FLUX; MARS; PRESSURE; SATELLITE MISSION; SPACECRAFT; VORTICITY; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77951045991     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003413     Document Type: Article

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