Four Martian years of nightside upper thermospheric mass densities derived from electron reflectometry: Method extension and comparison with GCM simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Lillis, Robert J ^a   Bougher, Stephen W ^b   Gonzlez Galindo, Francisco ^c   Forget, Franois ^c   Smith, Michael D ^d   Chamberlin, Phillip C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERPLANETARY DUST; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; PREDICTION; REFLECTOMETRY; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 77955367100     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003529     Document Type: Article

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