The semidiurnal tide in the middle atmosphere of Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1952-1959

  Kleinböhl, Armin ^a   John Wilson, R ^b   Kass, David ^a   Schofield, John T ^a   McCleese, Daniel J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars atmosphere; MCS; radiative effect; semi diurnal tide; tides; water ice clouds

Indexed keywords

MARS ATMOSPHERE; MCS; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; SEMI-DIURNAL; WATER ICE;

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EFFECTS; STORMS; TIDES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER TREATMENT;

AEROSOLS;

AMPLITUDE; DIURNAL VARIATION; DUST STORM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIDAL CYCLE;

EID: 84879964367     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50497     Document Type: Article

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