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The temperature of a planet's surface depends on numerous physical factors, including thermal inertia, albedo and the degree of insolation. Mars is a good target for thermal measurements because the low atmospheric pressure combined with the extreme dryness results in a surface dominated by large differences in thermal inertia, minimizing the effect of other physical properties.
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- Heath, Simon (Author)
- Christensen, Philip R. (Philip Russel) (Thesis advisor)
- Bel, James (Thesis advisor)
- Hervig, Richard (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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2013
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- Partial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2013Note typethesis
- Includes bibliographical references (34-37)Note typebibliography
- Field of study: Geological sciences
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by Simon Heath