Water ice at low to midlatitudes on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Vincendon, Mathieu ^a   Forget, François ^b   Mustard, John ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ICE; MARS; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE WATER;

EID: 77958116230     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003584     Document Type: Article

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