Evidence of water vapor in excess of saturation in the atmosphere of Mars

Science

Volumn 333, Issue 6051, 2011, Pages 1868-1871

  Maltagliati, L ^a   Montmessin, F ^a   Fedorova, A ^b   Korablev, O ^b   Forget, F ^c   Bertaux, J L ^a  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

CLIMATE MODELING; EARTH; GEOACCUMULATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; SUPERSATURATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER VAPOR;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE; MOLECULAR SIZE; PLANET MARS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 80053367124     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1207957     Document Type: Article

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