Thermal Tides in the Martian Middle Atmosphere

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Dec 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufm.p51b1411l&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #P51B-1411

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3319 General Circulation (1223), 3334 Middle Atmosphere Dynamics (0341, 0342), 3389 Tides And Planetary Waves, 5405 Atmospheres (0343, 1060), 6225 Mars

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The first systematic observations of the middle atmosphere of Mars with the Mars Climate Sounder show dramatic patterns of diurnal thermal variation. At the time of writing, the data are sufficient for spectral analysis within a limited range of latitudes and seasons. This analysis shows that these thermal variations are almost exclusively associated with a diurnal thermal tide. Using a Martian General Circulation Model as a proxy for the data, we show that the diurnal thermal tide dominates these patterns for all latitudes and all seasons. We discuss the seasonal dependence of the tidal structure in relation to the atmospheric circulation, and we examine the decrease in tidal amplitude (in the GCM) during southern summer.

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