A complete climatology of the aerosol vertical distribution on Mars from MEx/SPICAM UV solar occultations

Icarus

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 892-941

  Määttänen, Anni ^a,b   Listowski, Constantino ^a,c   Montmessin, Franck ^a,b   Maltagliati, Luca ^a,b,e   Reberac, Aurélie ^a,b   Joly, Lilian ^d   Bertaux, Jean Loup ^a,b  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Composition; Atmospheres, Structure; Mars, Atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873353772     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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