Aphelion water-ice cloud mapping and property retrieval using the OMEGA imaging spectrometer onboard Mars Express

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Madeleine, J B ^a,b   Forget, F ^a   Spiga, A ^a   Wolff, M J ^c   Montmessin, F ^a   Vincendon, M ^d   Jouglet, D ^d   Gondet, B ^d   Bibring, J P ^d   Langevin, Y ^d   Schmitt, B ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; ICE; MAPPING; MARS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTROMETER; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 84861128107     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE003940     Document Type: Article

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