Viking observation of water vapor on Mars: Revision from up-to-date spectroscopy and atmospheric models

Icarus

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 156-164

  Fedorova, A A ^a   Trokhimovsky, S ^a   Korablev, O ^a   Montmessin, F ^b,c  

^a Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Science ^*  (Russian Federation)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Mars, atmosphere; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953091560     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.01.018     Document Type: Article

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