Estimates of gravity wave drag on Mars: Indication of a possible lower thermospheric wind reversal

Icarus

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 909-912

  Medvedev, Alexander S ^a   Yiǧit, Erdal ^b   Hartogh, Paul ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650954318     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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