Interannual similarity and variation in seasonal circulation of Mars' atmospheric Ar as seen by the Gamma Ray Spectrometer on Mars Odyssey

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Sprague, Ann L ^a   Boynton, William V ^a   Forget, Francois ^b   Lian, Yuan ^c   Richardson, Mark ^c   Starr, Richard ^d   Metzger, Albert E ^e   Hamara, David ^a   Economou, Thanasis ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^c Ashima Research   (United States)

^d Catholic University   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; MARS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EMMELICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 84860290139     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE003873     Document Type: Article

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