Winds at the phoenix landing site

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Holstein Rathlou, C ^a   Gunnlaugsson, H P ^a   Merrison, J P ^a   Bean, K M ^b   Cantor, B A ^c   Davis, J A ^d   Davy, R ^e   Drake, N B ^f   Ellehoj, M D ^g   Goetz, W ^h   Hviid, S F ^h   Lange, C F ^d   Larsen, S E ⁱ   Lemmon, M T ^b   Madsen, M B ^g   Malin, M ^c   Moores, J E ^j   Nornberg P ^a   Smith, P ^j   Tamppari, L K ^k   Taylor, P A ^e   more..

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f D E SHAW RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^k CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; CONDENSATE; EVAPORATION; FLOW STABILITY; ICE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77953107106     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003411     Document Type: Article

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