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Ground-based infrared spectra of Mars, 2003 (IRTF CSHELL and Keck NIRSPEC): document

RecordingpublisherObserved January to March 2003; published January 2009Copy of Ground-based infrared spectra of Mars, 2003 (IRTF CSHELL and Keck NIRSPEC)
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High-resolution spectra across the planet's disc that showed methane lines in plumes over Terra Sabae, Nili Fossae and Syrtis Major. Zahnle and others later argued the lines could be telluric.

Mumma and colleagues, 2003. publisher

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DocumentMumma and colleagues · doi.org · 2009 · publisherPrimary source: Strong Release of Methane on Mars in Northern Summer 20032 steps from the original

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HonoluluWailuku1Mauna Kea Observatories200 kmHonoluluLihue1200 km

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