Observations and preliminary science results from the first 100 sols of MSL Rover Environmental Monitoring Station ground temperature sensor measurements at Gale Crater

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 745-770

  Hamilton, Victoria E ^a   Vasavada, Ashwin R ^b   Sebastián, Eduardo ^c   De La Torre Juárez, Manuel ^b   Ramos, Miguel ^d   Armiens, Carlos ^c   Arvidson, Raymond E ^e   Carrasco, Isaías ^c   Christensen, Philip R ^f   De Pablo, Miguel A ^d   Goetz, Walter ^g   Gõmez Elvira, Javier ^c   Lemmon, Mark T ^h   Madsen, Morten B ⁱ   Martín Torres, F Javier ^c,j   Martínez Frías, Jesús ^c,k   Molina, Antonio ^c,d   Palucis, Marisa C ^l   Rafkin, Scot C R ^a   Richardson, Mark I ^m   Yingst, R Aileen ⁿ   Zorzano, María Paz ^c   more..

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^h TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^j INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^k INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m Ashima Research   (United States)

ⁿ PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

ground temperature; Mars; thermal inertia; thermophysics

Indexed keywords

CRATER; HETEROGENEITY; INERTIA; MARS; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 84900498012     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21699100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JE004520     Document Type: Article

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