Little variability of methane on Mars induced by adsorption in the regolith

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 247-258

  Meslin, P Y ^a   Gough, R ^b   Lefvre, F ^c   Forget, F ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Global climate model; Mars; Methane; Regolith; Trace gas transport model

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION PROCESS; DECAY RATE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; IN-SITU; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; METHANE ON MARS; REGOLITH; REVERSIBLE ADSORPTION; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; TIME VARIABILITY; TRACE GAS; TRACE GAS TRANSPORT MODEL;

ADSORPTION; DECAY (ORGANIC); METHANE; MODELS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 79551477503     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.09.022     Document Type: Article

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