Detection of detached dust layers in the Martian atmosphere from their thermal signature using assimilation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 6620-6626

  Navarro, T ^a   Forget, F ^a   Millour, E ^a   Greybush, S J ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assimilation; atmosphere; dust; Mars

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DUST; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASSIMILATION; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; MARS; OPTIMAL COMBINATION; TEMPERATURE INFORMATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL STRUCTURE OF THE MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; DUST; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; MIXING RATIO;

EID: 84911127068     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061377     Document Type: Article

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