Hydrogen peroxide on Mars: Observations, interpretation and future plans

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-17

  Encrenaz, T ^a   Greathouse, T K ^b   Lefevre F ^c   Atreya, S K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b SwRI   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared spectroscopy; Mars; Mars atmosphere; Mars photochemistry

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DUST DEVILS; DUST STORM; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GROUND BASED; HETERODYNE SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMISTRY; MARS; MARS ATMOSPHERE; MARTIAN SURFACE; ORGANICS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SUBMILLIMETERS; SURFACE OF MARS; THERMAL INFRARED IMAGING;

INFRARED IMAGING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; STORMS;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

EID: 84863717715     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.03.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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