Pressure observations by the curiosity rover: Initial results

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-92

  Harri, A M ^a   Genzer, M ^a   Kemppinen, O ^a   Kahanpaa H ^a   Gomez Elvira, J ^b   Rodriguez Manfredi, J A ^b   Haberle, R ^c   Polkko, J ^a   Schmidt, W ^a   Savijarvi H ^a   Kauhanen, J ^a   Atlaskin, E ^a   Richardson, M ^d   Siili, T ^a   Paton, M ^a   De La Torre Juarez, M ^e   Newman, C ^d   Rafkin, S ^f   Lemmon, M T ^g   Mischna, M ^e   Merikallio, S ^a   Haukka, H ^a   Martin Torres, J ^b   Zorzano, M P ^b   Peinado, V ^b   Urqui, R ^b   Lapinette, A ^b   Scodary, A ^d   Makinen T ^a   Vazquez, L ^h   Renno N ⁱ   more..

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Ashima Research   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; diurnal tide; Mars; sensor; surface pressure

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA QUALITY; GRAVITY WAVE; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; SENSOR; SURFACE PRESSURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896870097     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21699100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JE004423     Document Type: Article

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