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Summary: ICARUS97, 46-69 (1992)
Vertical Structure and Size Distributions of Martian Aerosols from
Solar Occultation Measurements
E. CHASSEFIE,RE AND J. E. BLAMONT
Service d'A~ronornie du CNRS, BP 3, 91371 Verrikres-le-Buisson Cedex, France
V. A. KRASNOPOLSKY AND O. I. KORABLEV
Space Research Institute, Prt~fs'oyuznaya 84/32, 117810 Moseow GSP-7, USSR
S. K. ATREVA
Department t2fAtmospherie, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, University ~ Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2143
AND
R. A. WEST
Earth and Space Science Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratoo', Califi~rnia Institute qf" Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive. Pasadena,
Cal(fornia 91109
Received September 18, 1991: revised February 13. 1992
Solar occultations performed with a spectrometer on board the
Soviet spacecraft Phobos 2 (Blamont et al. 1991) provided data on
the vertical structure of the Martian aerosols in the equatorial
region (0o-20° N latitude) near the northern spring equinox
(Ls = 0°-20°). All measurements were made close to the evening
terminator. Five clouds were detected above 45 km altitude and
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