Methane on Mars: Current Observations, Interpretation, and Future Plans
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Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2143, USA; ESTEC/ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands; W.M. Keck Laboratory for Space and Planetary Simulation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA; Laboratoire Meteorologie Dynamique, Université de Paris VI, Jussieu, France; Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA; Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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