Carbon dioxide snow clouds on Mars: South polar winter observations by the Mars Climate Sounder

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Hayne, Paul O ^a,b   Paige, David A ^b   Schofield, John T ^c   Kass, David M ^c   Kleinbhl, Armin ^c   Heavens, Nicholas G ^d   McCleese, Daniel J ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ALBEDO; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; ICE CAP; MARS; POLAR METEOROLOGY; POLAR REGION; SNOW; WINTER;

EID: 84865802032     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE004040     Document Type: Article

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