Observations of atmospheric tides on Mars at the season and latitude of the Phoenix atmospheric entry

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Withers, Paul ^a   Catling, D C ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NASA; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TIDES;

ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; LOCAL TIME; MARS CLIMATE; MIGRATING DIURNAL TIDE; NONMIGRATING TIDES; PRESSURE PROFILES; REFERENCE FRAME; THERMAL TIDE; WAVE NUMBERS; ZONAL MEANS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; DIURNAL VARIATION; LATITUDE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MARS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEASON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 78650890801     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045382     Document Type: Article

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