Thermal Emission Spectrometer Observatio
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Michael D. Smith; Barney J. Conrath; John C. Pearl; Philip R. Christensen
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The initiation and evolution of a planet-encircling dust storm on Mars have been observed in unprecedented detail by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) on board the Mars Global Surveyor. A local dust storm began to expand quickly on 26 June 2001 (areocentric longitude, L s = 185 โข ), becoming a