Observations of Martian tides over two annual cycles

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Jan 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981jats...38...30l&link_type=abstract

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 38, Jan. 1981, p. 30-39. NASA-supported research.

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Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Tides, Diurnal Variations, Dust Storms, Mars Atmosphere, Atmospheric Models, Geostrophic Wind, Mars Surface, Pressure Distribution, Pressure Gradients, Viking Mars Program, Wind Variations, Mars, Observations, Tidal Effects, Diurnal Variations, Harmonics, Data, Analysis, Viking Missions, Landing Sites, Wind, Atmosphere, Viking Lander 2, Pressure, Amplitude, Models, Comparisons, Dust, Longitude, Baroclinity, Viking Lander 1

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The first four diurnal surface pressure harmonics have been analyzed over major portions of two Martian annual cycles (Mars years) at the two Viking lander sites. The diurnal harmonics of surface wind have also been analyzed at one of the sites. Since the atmospheric tides have previously been shown to provide a good indication of Martian global dust storms, these results provide a basis for comparing dust storm activity in the two years. Two global dust storms occurred during the first year. During the second year, there was only one major storm, and it closely followed the pattern of the first storm of the first year. A significant feature of the results is the brief, but nearly complete, vanishing of the diurnal pressure tide at the onset of one of the global dust storms. It is proposed that this may have been due to interference between the normal westward-propagating diurnal tide and a topographically forced eastward propagating tide, and that the latter may have helped initiate the global storm.

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