Gusev Crater, Mars: Observations of three dust devil seasons

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Greeley, Ronald ^a   Waller, Devin A ^a   Cabrol, Nathalie A ^b   Landis, Geoffrey A ^c   Lemmon, Mark T ^d   Neakrase, Lynn D V ^a,e   Pendleton Hoffer, Mary ^a   Thompson, Shane D ^a   Whelley, Patrick L ^a,f  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DUST DEVIL; MARS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 77956540224     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003608     Document Type: Article

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