Water ice clouds over the Martian tropics during northern summer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Heavens, N G ^a,b   Benson, J L ^c   Kass, D M ^c   Kleinbhl, A ^c   Abdou, W A ^c   McCleese, D J ^c   Richardson, M I ^c   Schofield, J T ^c   Shirley, J H ^c   Wolkenberg, P M ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Ashima Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; HEATING; ICE; INFRARED HEATING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; MARS CLIMATE; MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITERS; MASS MIXING RATIO; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MODEL RESULTS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOUTH POLE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TROPICAL CLOUDS; WATER ICE;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD COVER; HEATING; ICE COVER; INFRARED RADIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIXING RATIO; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 77957569472     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044610     Document Type: Article

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