Soil Moisture Predictions for Mars Polar Lander
Abstract
Based on three-dimensional modeling of the seasonal water cycle, about 0.2-1 kg/cu-m or 150-750 ppm by mass of adsorbed water (but no near-surface water ice) is predicted in the martian soil at the sites of the Mars Polar Lander and Deep Space 2.
- Publication:
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Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 1999
- Bibcode:
- 1999LPI....30.1884H