Seasonal defrosting of the Phoenix landing site

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Searls, M L ^a   Mellon, M T ^a   Cull, S ^b   Hansen, C J ^c   Sizemore, H G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSIPATION; FROST; GLACIER RETREAT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ICE CAP; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957593112     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003438     Document Type: Article

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