Observations of the northern seasonal polar cap on mars III: CRISM/HiRISE observations of spring sublimation

Icarus

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 911-922

  Pommerol, A ^a   Appere T ^b   Portyankina, G ^a   Aye, K M ^a   Thomas, N ^a   Hansen, C J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^c PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ices, IR spectroscopy; Image processing; Mars, Polar caps; Mars, Polar geology; Photometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879781010     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.08.039     Document Type: Article

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