Mass of dust in the Martian atmosphere

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Apr 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995jgr...100.7509m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 100, no. E4, p. 7509-7512

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Dust, Dust Storms, Mars Atmosphere, Mass, Infrared Imagery, Opacity, Thermal Mapping, Viking Lander 1

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Estimates of the mass of dust suspended in the Martian atmosphere are derived from global and regional 9-micrometer opacity maps produced from Viking Infrared Thermal Mapper data. During the peak of the 1977b storm, a total dust mass of approximately 4.3 x 1014 g was suspended, equivalent to 4.3 x 10-4 g/sq cm, or a layer 1.4 micrometers thick. During a local dust storm near Solis Planum at Ls 227 deg, approximately 1.3 x 1013 g of dust were lofted, equal to about a 6-micrometer layer in that vicinity.

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