Observations of water vapour and carbon monoxide in the Martian atmosphere with the SWC of PFS/MEX

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 149-162

  Sindoni, G ^a   Formisano, V ^a   Geminale, A ^a  

^a INAF   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Carbon monoxide; Mars; Spectroscopy; Water vapour

Indexed keywords

ANTICORRELATION; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON MONOXIDE MIXING RATIO; CO ABSORPTION; COLUMN DENSITY; DATA SETS; HIGH LATITUDES; INFRARED SPECTRAL; LONG WAVELENGTH CHANNELS; MARS; MARS ATMOSPHERE; MARS EXPLORATION; MARS EXPRESS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; MIXING RATIOS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY CLIMATOLOGY; PLANETARY FOURIER SPECTROMETERS; POLAR CAP; POLAR ICE CAPS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT WAVELENGTH CHANNELS; SPECTRAL RANGE; STABILITY PROBLEM; SURFACE PRESSURES; THEORETICAL MODELLING; TRACE GAS; WATER CYCLE; WATER VAPOUR;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; PHOTOLYSIS; SPECTROMETERS;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

EID: 79551476345     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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