The effects and characteristics of atmospheric dust during martian global dust storm 2001A

Icarus

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 589-611

  Elteto, Attila ^a   Toon, Owen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared observations; Mars, Atmosphere; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049500488     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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