MGS TES observations of the water vapor above the seasonal and perennial ice caps during northern spring and summer

Icarus

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-71

  Pankine, Alexey A ^a   Tamppari, Leslie K ^a   Smith, Michael D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; Mars, atmosphere; Mars, climate; Mars, Polar caps

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957252010     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.06.043     Document Type: Article

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