Winter and spring evolution of northern seasonal deposits on Mars from OMEGA on Mars Express

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Appere T ^a   Schmitt, B ^a   Langevin, Y ^b   Doute S ^a   Pommerol, A ^a,c   Forget, F ^d   Spiga, A ^d   Gondet, B ^b   Bibring, J P ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE; MARS; SPECTROMETRY; SPRING (SEASON); SUBLIMATION; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

EID: 79957481763     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003762     Document Type: Article

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