Electrodynamics of Martian Dust Disturbances

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Dec 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009agufm.p54b..02b&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #P54B-02

Physics

[5405] Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets / Atmospheres, [6225] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Mars

Scientific paper

Recently, it has been suggested that strong electric fields within dust storms may dissociate CO2, leading to a cascade of reactions ending in the production of superoxides, including H2O2, which quickly destroy organics such as methane. The recent microwave detection of a lightning signature on Mars suggests that such strong E-M fields are present there. Triboelectric dust charging physics via the Macroscopic Triboelectric Simulation (MTS) code has been added to the Mars Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (MRAMS) in order to simulate the electrodynamics of dust devils and dust disturbances on Mars. Using the model, we explore how macroscopic electric fields are generated within storms and attempt to quantify the time evolution of the electrodynamical system.

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