Revisiting the radiative impact of dust on Mars using the LMD Global Climate Model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Madeleine, J B ^a,b   Forget, F ^a   Millour, E ^a   Montabone, L ^a   Wolff, M J ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DUST; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MARS;

EID: 81755173032     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE003855     Document Type: Article

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