Seasonal ice cycle at the Mars Phoenix landing site: 2. Postlanding CRISM and ground observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Cull, Selby ^a   Arvidson, R E ^a   Morris, R V ^b   Wolff, M ^c   Mellon, M T ^d   Lemmon, M T ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c Center for Exoplanetary Systems   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; GRAIN SIZE; ICE; MARS; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY SURFACE; SATELLITE MISSION; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 77953087843     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003410     Document Type: Article

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